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Digestive Diseases: Introduction
Any condition that involves the digestive tract. The conditions may range from benign to serious. Some examples include duodenal ulcer, esophageal achalasia, fecal incontinence, Whipple disease and dysentery. The digestive system involves the tube from the mouth to the rectum (esophagus, stomach, intestines) as well as various organs the are connected to this tube such as the liver and pancreas.
Symptoms of Digestive Diseases
See full list of 6 symptoms of Digestive Diseases
Home Diagnostic Testing
Home medical testing related to Digestive Diseases:
- Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
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Medical Textbooks Online about Digestive Diseases
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Digestive Diseases: Undiagnosed Conditions
Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
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Misdiagnosis and Digestive Diseases
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, ...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course,...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known...read more »
Read more about Misdiagnosis and Digestive Diseases
Digestive Diseases: Research Doctors & Specialists
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- Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
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Hospitals & Clinics: Digestive Diseases
Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Digestive Diseases:
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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Digestive Diseases, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:
- 50 Best Hospitals Report
- Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
- Women's Health Best Hospitals
- Patient Safety
- Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)
Digestive Diseases: Rare Types
Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:
- Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
- more rare diseases...»
Causes of Digestive Diseases
Read more about causes of Digestive Diseases.
More information about causes of Digestive Diseases:
- Drug interactions causing Digestive Diseases (3 listings)
News Archives for Digestive Diseases
Medical news articles related to Digestive Diseases include:
Source: HealthDay News
Evidence Based Medicine Research for Digestive Diseases
Medical research articles related to Digestive Diseases include:
- Intravenous Esomeprazole for Prevention of Recurrent Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Randomized Trial.
- Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease IBD in children in the United Kingdom
- Are drug treatments effective in NASH (non alcoholic steatotic hepatitis), if so what is the best treatment?
- A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of etanercept in the treatment of alcoholic hepatitis
- Serial Transverse Enteroplasty
- Clinical trial: comparison of the gastrointestinal safety of lumiracoxib with traditional nonselective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs early after the initiation of treatment--findings from the Therapeutic Arthritis Research and Gastrointestinal Even
- Pancreatitis
- Single-drug therapy or selective decontamination of the digestive tract as antifungal prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a systematic review
- more research...»
Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database
Videos for Digestive Diseases
Stomach Ulcers
Not too long ago doctors thought stomach ulcers were caused by stress and spicy foods. In 1982 researchers discovered a bacteria that changed our...
Treating Stomach Cancer
Gastric cancer, more commonly known as stomach cancer, is one of the most common cancers in the world. Learn more about this cancer and what...
IBD Cooking
The kitchen is where problems sometimes start and where solutions are often found for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). For the latest on...
IBD Intro
Few diseases generate as many misconceptions as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Listen to host Bettina Gregory and two...
Patient Surveys for Digestive Diseases
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Prognosis for Digestive Diseases
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Reseach about Digestive Diseases
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Statistics for Digestive Diseases
- Medical statistics for Digestive Diseases
- Prevalence and incidence statistics for Digestive Diseases
- Death and Mortality statistics for Digestive Diseases
- Society statistics for Digestive Diseases
Digestive Diseases: Broader Related Topics
Types of Digestive Diseases
See full list of 69 Types of Digestive Diseases
Stories from Users Related to Digestive Diseases
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- What is Digestive Diseases?
- Online Medical Textbooks for Digestive Diseases
- Prevalence and Incidence of Digestive Diseases
- Videos related to Digestive Diseases
- Prognosis of Digestive Diseases
- Types of Digestive Diseases
- Prevalence of Types of Digestive Diseases
- Incidence of Types of Digestive Diseases
- Causes of Digestive Diseases
- Symptoms of Digestive Diseases
- Diagnostic Tests for Digestive Diseases
- Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases
- Signs of Digestive Diseases
- Misdiagnosis of Digestive Diseases
- Treatments for Digestive Diseases
- Doctors and Medical Specialists for Digestive Diseases
- Cure Research for Digestive Diseases
- Deaths from Digestive Diseases
- Death Statistics for Types of Digestive Diseases
- Statistics about Digestive Diseases
- Statistics by Country for Digestive Diseases
- Medical News Summaries About Digestive Diseases
- Hospital Statistics for Digestive Diseases
- Books about Digestive Diseases
- Articles about Digestive Diseases
- Glossary for Digestive Diseases
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Nausea & Vomiting (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Vomiting (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- Vomiting – Projectile (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Bowel sounds, hyperactive (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Vomiting (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Nausea and Vomiting* (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Bowel sounds, hyperactive (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Vomiting (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Nausea and Vomiting (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Nausea/Vomiting (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Bowel sounds, hyperactive (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Vomiting (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Bowel sounds, hyperactive (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Vomiting (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Regurgitation and Vomiting (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Bowel sounds, hyperactive (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Vomiting (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
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