Category: Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease

Polyps are abnormal tissue growths that most often look like small, flat bumps or tiny mushroomlike stalks. Most polyps are small and less than half an inch wide. Polyps in the colon are the most common, but it’s also possible to develop polyps in places that include: Read More …

Colon cancer screening can detect polyps and early cancers in the large intestine. This type of screening can find problems that can be treated before cancer develops or spreads. Regular screenings may reduce the risk for death and complications caused by colorectal cancer. Read More …

Colonic Polyps /Colon polyps also known as colorectal polyps are their macroscopic appearance as sessile (flat, arising directly from the mucosal layer) or pedunculated (extending from the mucosa through a fibrovascular stalk) growths on the lining of your colon and Read More …

Colorectal Polyps/Colon polyps also known as colorectal polyps are their macroscopic appearance as sessile (flat, arising directly from the mucosal layer) or pedunculated (extending from the mucosa through a fibrovascular stalk) growths on the lining of your colon and rectum. Read More …

Steatorrhea is a common complication as a result of a mechanical block in the biliary tract or by intrahepatic lesions. When bile salt entry into the duodenum is hindered, the emulsification of dietary fats is incomplete. Steatorrhea is more frequently seen in patients with cholestatic disease, e.g., primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing Read More …

How do you get rid of chronic diarrhea?/Chronic diarrhea is defined as the passage of loose or liquid stools, watery stools three or more times a day for at least 4 weeks, and urgent need to evacuate or feelings of Read More …

Celiac Disease/Coeliac disease is also known as celiac sprue is a unique autoimmune, genetic element (human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8), based gluten-sensitive immune-mediated enteropathic with the auto-antigen involved (tissue transglutaminase (tTG)), and the environmental trigger (gluten) are all well-defined Read More …

Coeliac disease also known as celiac sprue is a unique autoimmune, genetic element (human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8), based gluten-sensitive immune-mediated enteropathic with the auto-antigen involved (tissue transglutaminase (tTG)), and the environmental trigger (gluten) are all well-defined condition where Read More …

Chronic Diverticular Disease/Diverticulosis is a clinical condition of inflammation due to micro-perforation and herniations of the colonic mucosa and submucosa through the muscle layers, in which multiple sac-like protrusions, abscesses, fistulas, peritonitis, and colonic stenosis, small pouches, or sacs, form Read More …

Uncomplicated Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis is a clinical condition of inflammation due to micro-perforation and herniations of the colonic mucosa and submucosa through the muscle layers, in which multiple sac-like protrusions, abscesses, fistulas, peritonitis, and colonic stenosis, small pouches, or sacs, form and Read More …

Diverticulitis/Diverticulosis is a clinical condition of inflammation due to micro-perforation and herniations of the colonic mucosa and submucosa through the muscle layers, in which multiple sac-like protrusions, abscesses, fistulas, peritonitis, and colonic stenosis, small pouches, or sacs, form and push Read More …