Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is one of the sections of internal medicine that studies the structure and functions of the digestive system, the causes and mechanisms of development of gastrointestinal pathologies, diagnostics, treatment and prevention of diseases of the digestive tract.
A specialist who represents this area of medicine is
Gastroenterology is one of the sections of internal medicine that deals with the study of the structure and functions of the digestive system, the causes and mechanisms of development of gastrointestinal pathologies, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the digestive tract.
A specialist who represents this area of medicine is a gastroenterologist.
Symptoms that require you to see a gastroenterologist:
- pain in the gastrointestinal tract;
- nausea;
- vomiting;
- belching;
- heartburn;
- bitterness in the mouth;
- bad breath;
- change in appetite;
- weight loss;
- stool disorders;
- difficulty swallowing;
- intestinal dyspepsia (bloating, rumbling abdomen);
- esophageal bleeding;
- non-infectious skin rashes.
Diseases studied by gastroenterology:
- acute and chronic gastritis;
- peptic ulcer;
- esophageal perforation;
- achalasia of the cardia;
- esophagitis;
- hypotension and atony of the esophagus;
- tumor formations of the gastrointestinal tract;
- duodenitis;
- enteritis;
- dyskinesia;
- colitis;
- acute and chronic pancreatitis;
- congenital pathologies of the digestive tract;
- parasitic lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, etc.
Diagnostics and treatment measures in gastroenterology
Before starting treatment, the gastroenterologist must conduct studies:- laboratory tests of blood, urine and feces;
- tests to determine hepatitis markers;
- proteinogram;
- ultrasound of the abdominal cavity;
- gastroscopy;
- radiological studies with contrast;
- colonoscopy;
- esophagogastroduodenoscopy;
- rectoscopy;
- diagnosis of helminthic invasions.
The scope of treatment is determined by a gastroenterologist after diagnosis and differential diagnostics. In gastroenterology, surgical and conservative (drug therapy, physiotherapy, diet therapy) treatment methods are used.
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