Category Archives: Gastroenterology

Abdominal pain can be one of the symptoms associated with transient disorders or serious disease. Making a definitive diagnosis of the cause of abdominal pain can be difficult, because many diseases can result in this symptom. Abdominal pain is a … Continue reading →

Nausea  is the sensation of unease and discomfort in the stomach with an urge to vomit.

Vomiting (also throwing up or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one’s stomach through the mouth. Vomiting may result from many causes, ranging from gastritis or poisoning to brain tumors, or elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). The feeling … Continue reading →

Diarrhea (in American English) or diarrhoea (in British English) is a generally unpleasant condition in which the sufferer has frequent watery, loose bowel movements (from the ancient Greek word ??????? = leakage; literally meaning “to run through”). Acute infectious diarrhea … Continue reading →

Constipation or irregularity, is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or animal) experiences hard feces that are difficult to eliminate; it may be extremely painful, and in severe cases (fecal impaction) lead to symptoms of bowel obstruction. … Continue reading →

Gastroenterology or gastrology is the medical specialty concerned with digestive diseases. Traditionally, these are separated by anatomic or functional category. For example, disorders of the esophagus might be listed under “esophagus” and also included in a description of motility disorders … Continue reading →