Category Conditions (Page 1 of 2)

• Anal and Rectal Diseases 0 members

  Perianal abscesses can be seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (such as Crohn's disease) or diabetes. Often the abscess will start as an internal wound caused by ulceration or hard stool. T...

• Anal Cancer 0 members

  Anal cancer is a type of cancer which arises from the anus. It is a distinct entity from the more common colorectal cancer. The cause, risk factors, clinical progression, staging, and treatment are all...

• Appendicitis 0 members

  Appendicitis (or epityphlitis) is a condition characterized by inflammation of the appendix. While mild cases may resolve without treatment, most require removal of the inflamed appendix, either by lap...

• Colonic Polyps 0 members

  A polyp can be defined as lining of mucosa which projects out in a mushroom shape. If they have a stalk they are called pendulated if there is no stalk present they are called sessile. A colonic polyp...

• Colorectal Cancer 0 members

  Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. Many colorectal cancers are thought to arise from adenomatous polyps in the co...

• Constipation 1 member

  Constipation, costiveness, or irregularity, is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or animal) experiences hard feces that are difficult to egest (excrete). It may be extremely painful,...

• Crohn's Disease 1 member

  Crohn's disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by transmural inflammation (affecting the entire wall of th...

• Diabetes 3 members

  Diabetes mellitus, simply diabetes, is a syndrome characterized by disordered metabolism and inappropriately high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) resulting from either low levels of the hormone insulin or...

• Diabetes Type 1 0 members

  Diabetes mellitus type 1 (Type 1 diabetes, T1D, IDDM) is a form of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that results in the permanent destruction of insulin producing beta cells...

• Diarrhea 0 members

  Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent watery, loose bowel motions. (from the Greek word, literally meaning "through-flowing"). A...

• Digestive Diseases 0 members

  Digestive diseases: All diseases that pertain to the gastrointestinal tract are labelled as digestive diseases. This includes diseases of the esophagus, stomach, first, second and third part of the duo...

• Esophageal Cancer 0 members

  Esophageal cancer is malignancy/cancer growth of the esophagus(food pipe of the body). There are various subtypes. Esophageal tumors usually lead to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other sy...

• Esophagus Disorders 1 member

  Esophagus disorders: Can be Esophageal food bolus obstruction, Achalasia, Esophageal, atresia, Dysphagia, Heartburn, Diffuse esophageal spasm, Nutcracker esophagus Nutcracker esophagus is a disord...

• Gallbladder Diseases 0 members

  1)Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gall bladder. And 2) Cholelithiasis is gall stones in the gall bladder.

• Gastroenteritis 0 members

  Gastroenteritis: In medicine, gastroenteritis (also known as gastro, gastric flu, and stomach flu although unrelated to influenza) refers to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract/food pipe, involv...

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 3 members

  Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is defined as chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the esophagus/food pipe. This is commonly due to transient or permanen...

• Gastrointestinal Bleeding 0 members

  Gastrointestinal bleeding or gastrointestinal hemorrhage describes every form of hemorrhage (loss of blood) in the gastrointestinal tract, from the pharynx to the rectum. It has diverse causes, and a m...

• Heartburn 0 members

  'Heartburn' is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone caused by regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the neck, throat,...

• Hiatal Hernia 0 members

  A hiatus hernia or hiatal hernia is the protrusion (or herniation) of the upper part of the stomach into the thorax (chest) through a tear or weakness in the diaphragm. The symptoms include acid r...

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome 0 members

  In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or spastic colon is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits which are not associated with any abnorma...