Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology or Gastrology might be better described as the field of digestive diseases, which are traditionally 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 (disorders of motor function). List of signs and symptoms of gastroenterological diseases : * constipation * diarrhea * vomiting * nausea * abdominal pain List of research fields in Gastroenterology : * Neurogastroenterology * Motility == Important figures in Gastroenterology == * William Beaumont * Basil Hirshowitz ==Gastroenterological Societies== * American College of Gastroenterology * American Gastroenterological Association * European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ==External link== * [http://www.acg.gi.org/ American College of Gastroenterology] Medical specialties Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Needs major expanding. Most appendicitis cases are managed by the surgeons anyway. User:Jfdwolff 12:40, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC) I've started Mediawiki:Gastroenterology, a box to go under all clinical gastroenterology articles. This is still incomplete (an example is below), so please expand this as widely as reasonable. User:Jfdwolff User:Jfdwolff | User_talk:Jfdwolff 23:11, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Gastroenterology

{| style="margin:0 auto;" align=center width=75% class="toccolours" |align=center style="background:#ccccff"| Health science - Medicine - Gastroenterology |- |align=center style="background:#ccccff"| Diseases of the esophagus - stomach |- |align=center| Halitosis - Nausea - Vomiting - GERD - Achalasia - Esophageal cancer - Esophageal varices - Peptic ulcer - Abdominal pain - Stomach cancer - Functional dyspepsia |- |align=center style="background:#ccccff"| Diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree |- |align=center| Hepatitis - Cirrhosis - Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis - Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Primary sclerosing cholangitis - Budd-Chiari syndrome - Hepatocellular carcinoma - Pancreatitis - Pancreatic cancer - Gallstones - Cholecystitis |- |align=center style="background:#ccccff"| Diseases of the small intestine |- |align=center| Peptic ulcer - Intussusception - Malabsorption (e.g. celiac disease, Lactose intolerance, Fructose malabsorption, Whipple's disease) - Lymphoma |- |align=center style="background:#ccccff"| Diseases of the colon (anatomy) |- |align=center| Diarrhea - Appendicitis - Diverticulitis - Diverticulosis - Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis) - Irritable bowel syndrome - Constipation - Colorectal cancer - Hirschsprung's disease - Pseudomembranous colitis |}

Gastroenterology

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Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology is a specialty of medicine that diagnoses (endoscopy) and treats diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Liver disease (the field of hepatology) is generally considered part of gastroenterology, Medical specialties

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