Conditions

Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain can arise from organs of the digestive tract or other organs located in the pelvis and abdomen, including your kidneys, bladder, ovaries, womb, and abdominal muscles.

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Acid Reflux

Barrett’s esophagus is a condition that affects some people with long-term gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or acid reflux. Not everyone with GERD develops Barrett’s esophagus, however, long-term GERD is the primary risk factor.

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Blood in Stool

Blood in your stool may result from bleeding anywhere along the GI tract – from mouth to anus.

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Celiac Disease

Celiac disease occurs when your body’s immune system reacts to a protein, called gluten, contained in wheat and other common dietary grains.

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Colon Cancer

Colorectal cancer originates in the colon and rectum, the two organs that comprise the large intestine.

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Colon Polyps

Colon polyps are small, often precancerous growths that arise from the interior lining of the bowel.

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Constipation

Generally speaking, a person is constipated when they have three or fewer bowel movements within a week or have difficulty passing stools.

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Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the two most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), chronic inflammation of the organs of the digestive tract

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Diarrhea

Diarrhea refers to loose, frequent, watery stools and a feeling that you urgently need to make a bowel movement.

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Difficulty Swallowing

If you have difficulty swallowing, you have a condition known as dysphagia.

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Diverticular Disease

As people get older, it is common for small pouches called diverticula (singular: diverticulum) to form in the wall of the digestive tract, usually in your colon

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Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)

Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is an inflammatory, allergic condition that affects the esophagus (food pipe) in which excess numbers of white blood cells called “eosinophils” accumulate there.

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Fructose Intolerance

Fructose intolerance results from the inability to digest fructose, a sugar molecule found naturally in honey, agave nectar, certain fruits, and vegetables, and that is also added to foods in the form of pure fructose, crystalline fructose, or high fructose corn syrup.

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Functional Dyspepsia

Functional dyspepsia is a disorder of the gut-brain interaction (DGBI) in which you may experience early satiety (feeling full from even small amounts of food), feeling excessively full after meals, and/or pain or burning in the stomach (just beneath ribcage on the left).

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Gas and Bloat

Intestinal gas is a normal byproduct of digestion, and burping or passing gas is not usually cause for concern.

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Gastroparesis

Normally, your stomach contracts in a coordinated and sequential motion to grind up the food you eat, mix it with acid, a digestive gastric juice and then propel it into the small intestine, which absorbs nutrients into the bloodstream.

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Gluten Intolerance

Some people show many of the symptoms of celiac disease when they eat gluten but don’t test positive for the antibodies that define celiac disease or show any signs of damage to the small intestine.

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Heartburn and GERD

Normally, after you swallow, the food goes down the esophagus into the stomach, where it mixes with acid, enzymes, and gastric juice.

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Hiatal Hernia

The primary muscle of breathing, the respiratory diaphragm, separates the chest and the abdominal cavities.

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Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, sometimes called piles, are swollen veins that occur in the very lowest part of the rectum or around the anal canal.

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a highly prevalent intestinal disorder that can cause abdominal pain, abnormal and erratic bowel movements, and other symptoms.

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Lactose Intolerance

Lactose intolerance results from the inability to digest lactose, a sugar contained in dairy products, including milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, and cream.

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Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

Some people develop an excess of bacteria in their small intestine, bacteria that are normally restricted to other locations of the digestive system, such as the colon.

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Stomach and Intestine Ulcers

Peptic ulcers are sores or defects that develop in the lining of the lower esophagus, stomach, or beginning of the small intestine (duodenum).

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Sucrose Intolerance

Sucrose intolerance results from the inability to digest sucrose, or ‘table sugar.’

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Viral Hepatitis

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It can often be caused by a viral infection of the liver.

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