Gastroenterologists specialize in the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract and its related organs.

Below are listed the common disorders treated by gastroenterologists.

For more detailed descriptions of these conditions, you may look out for them in our Health Guide.

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Conditions Managed by Gastroenterologists

Disorders of the Oesophagus

• Oesophagitis (inflammation of the oesophagus)

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

• Barrett's oesophagus

• Zenker's diverticulum

• Oesophageal motility disorders (Achalasia, diffuse oesophageal spasm)

• Oesophageal stricture

• Megaesophagus

Disorders of the Stomach

• Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease

• Non-ulcer Dyspepsia

• Pyloric Stenosis

• Gastroparesis

• Portal Hypertension Gastropathy

Disorders of the Intestines

• Enteritis (duodenitis, jenunitis, ileitis, colitis)

• Malabsorption Syndromes (coeliac syndrome, tropical sprue, blind loop syndrome, short bowel syndrome, steatorrhoea)

• Diverticulitis, diverticulosis

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Necrotizing enterocolitis, Crohn's disease, mesenteric ischaemia, constipation, gastroenteritis, diarrhoea

Non-Surgical Disorders of the Liver

• Hepatitis (viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis)

• Cirrhosis

• Fatty liver

• Alcoholic liver disease

• Liver failure

• Hepatorenal syndrome

• Wilson's Disease

• Portal hypertension

Non-Surgical Disorders of the Pancreas

• Pancreatitis

• Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency