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Learn about digestion

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If you've ever had an upset stomach or a case of heartburn, you know how painful digestive problems can be. But the digestive system is made up of more than just the stomach. Other organs, like the small intestine and the colon, are also part of the digestive system. A problem with any of these organs can lead to pain or other serious problems. Our topics can help you deal with digestion problems and give you tips on how to keep your digestive system healthy.

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Health Topics
Abdominal Gas and Colic
Abdominal Pain, Age 11 and Younger
Abdominal Pain, Age 12 and Older
Acupressure Bands for Motion Sickness
Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery
Alcohol Abuse: Other Health Problems That May Occur
Anal Fissure
Anal Fissures: Botox Injections
Anal Fissures: Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy
Anal Fissures: Nifedipine and Diltiazem
Anal Fissures: Nitroglycerin Ointment
Anal Fistulas and Crohn's Disease
Anesthesia
Anesthesia: Malignant Hyperthermia Response
Anthrax
Antianxiety Medicines for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Antidepressants for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Antidiarrheal Medicines for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Antidiarrheals for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Appendicitis
Asthma and GERD
Awareness During General Anesthesia
Basic Metabolic Panel
Biliopancreatic Diversion and Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch
Bowel Obstruction
Bowel Obstruction: Stent Treatment
Bowel Resection for Colorectal Cancer
Campylobacteriosis
Cancer Drugs: Risk of Causing Nausea and Vomiting
Cancer Treatment: Symptoms Diary for Nausea and Vomiting
Cancer: Home Treatment for Constipation
Cancer: Home Treatment for Diarrhea
Causes of Bleeding in the Digestive Tract
Celiac Disease
Celiac Disease Complications
Central Venous Catheters
Cholecystitis
Chronic Female Pelvic Pain
Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis Complications: Encephalopathy
Cirrhosis Complications: Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Cirrhosis: Beta-Blockers for Portal Hypertension and Varices
Cirrhosis: Questions About Reducing Sodium
Cirrhosis: Surgical Shunts for Portal Hypertension
Cirrhosis: Vasoconstrictor Medicines for Variceal Bleeding
Cleaning Up Diarrhea
Clostridium Difficile Colitis
Colon Cancer Genetic Testing
Colon Cancer: What Raises Your Risk
Colon Polyps
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Test Recommendations
Colorectal Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent
Colostomy for Colorectal Cancer
Common Types of Hernias
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Constipation, Age 11 and Younger
Constipation, Age 12 and Older
Constipation: Keeping Your Bowels Healthy
Crohn's Disease
Crohn's Disease: Problems Outside the Digestive Tract
Crohn's Disease: When Surgery Is Needed
Cystic Fibrosis
Dementia: Bladder and Bowel Problems
Dengue Fever
Diabetes: How to Prepare for a Colonoscopy
Diabetes-Related High and Low Blood Sugar Levels
Diarrhea, Age 11 and Younger
Diarrhea, Age 12 and Older
Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
Diverticular Bleeding
Diverticular Disease: Severe Bleeding
Diverticulitis
Diverticulosis
Drinking Enough Water
Dyspepsia
E. Coli Infection
E. Coli Infection: Blood and Kidney Problems
Electrolyte Panel
Endoscopic Treatment for Variceal Bleeding Caused by Cirrhosis
Environmental Illness
Environmental Illness in Children
Environmental Illness: Evaluating Your Home or Workplace
Esophageal Spasm
Esophagitis
Fasting
Femoral Hernia
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome
Food Poisoning and Safe Food Handling
Fructose or Sorbitol Intolerance
Fulminant Hepatitis
Fundoplication Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Fungal Infections: Risks of Oral Antifungals
Gallstones
Gas (Flatus)
Gas, Bloating, and Burping
Gastric Sleeve Surgery
Gastroenteritis in Adults and Older Children
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) During Pregnancy
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Babies and Children
Gastroparesis
General Anesthesia
GERD: Esophageal Erosion and Ulcers
Getting Enough Fiber
Giardiasis
Ginger for Motion Sickness
Groin Problems and Injuries
Health Problems Associated With Adult Obesity
Health Tracking Forms and Checklists
Heartburn
Heartburn: Changing Your Eating Habits
Heartburn: Reducing Pressure on Your Stomach
Helicobacter pylori Bacteria
HELLP Syndrome and Preeclampsia
Helping Your Teen Follow a Gluten-Free Diet
Hemorrhoidectomy for Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis A and Undercooked Shellfish
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B and C: Risk of Liver Cancer
Hepatitis B Treatment Recommendations
Hepatitis B Viral DNA
Hepatitis B: How to Avoid Spreading the Virus
Hepatitis B: Postvaccination Test for Immunity
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis Immunoglobulin (HBIG)
Hepatitis Panel
Hiatal Hernia
Hiatal Hernia and GERD
Hiccups
Hidden Gluten
Hirschsprung's Disease
Ileoanal Anastomosis for Ulcerative Colitis
Incision of External Hemorrhoids
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Cancer Risk
Inflammatory Bowel Disease During Pregnancy
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Enteral or Total Parenteral Nutrition
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Rare Complications
Infrared Photocoagulation for Hemorrhoids
Inguinal Hernia
Inguinal Hernia: Surgery in Adults
Inguinal Hernia: Surgery in Children
Inhaled Anesthetics
Intestinal Transplant for Crohn's Disease
Intravenous (IV) Anesthetics
Intussusception
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Bile Acid Binding Medicines
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Criteria for Diagnosis
Lactose Intolerance
Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery for Gallstones
Laxatives
Listeriosis
Liver Function Panel
Liver Resection
Liver Transplant for Hepatitis B
Living Organ Donation
Living With an Ostomy
Living With More Than One Health Problem
Local Anesthetics
Lung Transplant for Cystic Fibrosis
Malabsorption Syndrome
Marine Toxins
Medical History and Physical Exam for Lactose Intolerance
Mild, Moderate, or Severe Diarrhea
Monitoring During Anesthesia
Motion Sickness
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 11 and Younger
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 12 and Older
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Nonprescription Medicines for Peptic Ulcers
Noroviruses (Norwalk Viruses)
Open Gallbladder Surgery for Gallstones
Open Inguinal Hernia Repair (Herniorrhaphy, Hernioplasty)
Organ Transplant
Organic-Food Labels
Pancreatitis
Partial Colectomy for Diverticular Disease
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Peptic Ulcers and Dyspepsia
Peptic Ulcers and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Pinworms
Planning to Be an Organ Donor
Postoperative Problems
Pregnancy: Hemorrhoids and Constipation
Pregnancy-Related Problems
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Probiotics
Procedural Sedation
Proctocolectomy and Ileostomy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Protect Yourself From Hepatitis A When Traveling
Psychotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Pushing a Rectal Prolapse Into Place
Pyloric Stenosis
Questions About Inguinal Hernia Surgery
Rectal Problems
Rectal Prolapse
Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP)
Repair of Rectocele or Enterocele
Reye Syndrome
Rotavirus
Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Rubber Band Ligation for Hemorrhoids
Salmonellosis
Scleroderma
Shigellosis
Spitting Up
Stages of Colorectal Cancer
Staph Food Poisoning
Surgery for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Swallowed Objects
Technetium-Labeled Red Blood Cell Bleeding Scan
Tips for Swallowing Medicines
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) for Cirrhosis
Travel Health
Traveler's Diarrhea
Treating a Twisting Bowel Obstruction
Treating Nausea and Vomiting From Chemotherapy
Types of Peptic Ulcers
Types of Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis: Problems Outside the Digestive Tract
Ulcerative Colitis: When Surgery Is Needed
Umbilical Hernia in Children
Using Antibiotics Wisely
Variceal Bleeding as a Complication of Cirrhosis
Video Capsule Endoscopy
Viral Hepatitis
Virtual Colonoscopy
Vitamin B12 Deficiency Anemia
Water Purification to Prevent Giardia
Weaning
What the Liver Does
Who Is Affected by Lactose Intolerance
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Peptic Ulcer
Medications
Albendazole for the Treatment of Pinworms
Alosetron for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Aminosalicylates for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Antacids for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Antacids for peptic ulcer disease
Antibiotics for Crohn's Disease
Antibiotics for Cystic Fibrosis
Anticholinergics (Antispasmodics) for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Anticholinergics for Cystic Fibrosis
Antiprotozoals for giardiasis
Bevacizumab
Bile Acids for Gallstones
Biologics for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Bronchodilators for Cystic Fibrosis
Capecitabine
Cetuximab
Combination Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C
Combination Drug Therapy for Peptic Ulcer Disease
Combination Vaccine for Hepatitis A and B
Corticosteroids for Cystic Fibrosis
Corticosteroids for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Cyclosporine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
DNase (Dornase Alfa) for Cystic Fibrosis
Enzyme Replacement Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis
Fluorouracil
H2 Blockers (Acid Reducers) for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Histamine H2 acid reducers for peptic ulcer disease
Ifosfamide
Immunoglobulin (IG) for Hepatitis A
Immunomodulators for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Interferons for Chronic Hepatitis B
Irinotecan
Leucovorin
Mebendazole for the Treatment of Pinworms
Nitazoxanide for giardiasis
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) for Chronic Hepatitis B
Oxaliplatin
Prostaglandin analog to prevent NSAID-induced peptic ulcer
Protease Inhibitors (PIs) for Hepatitis C
Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) for Peptic Ulcer Disease
Proton Pump Inhibitors for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
Pyrantel Pamoate for the Treatment of Pinworms
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) for the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain
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Last Updated: August 24, 2011
Medical Review:
Adam Husney, MD, MD - Family Medicine


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