Gastroenterology Houston, Pearland, Bay City, Lake Jackson

List of Diseases

Vomiting Blood

What is Vomiting Blood? Vomiting of blood can be a serious condition and usually one needs immediate medical attention. The causes could be from simple

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Cancer of the Esophagus

What is the Esophagus? The esophagus is a hollow tube that carries food and liquids from the throat to the stomach. When a person swallows,

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Barrett’s Esophagus

What is Barrett’s Esophagus? In order to understand Barrett’s esophagus it is useful to understand the normal appearance of the esophagus. In a normal esophagus,

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Ulcers of the Esophagus

What is the Ulcers Of Esophagus? An esophagus ulcer is the chronic inflammation of the esophagus, therefore often called esophagitis. Esophagus ulcers can lead to a

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Bacterial Overgrowth

What is bacterial overgrowth? Small-bowel bacterial overgrowth can occur from alterations in intestinal anatomy or GI motility, or lack of gastric acid secretion. This condition

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Intestinal Bleeding

What is Intestinal Bleeding? Intestinal Bleeding is a condition in which people bleed internally from the Gastrointestinal (GI) tract. GI tract is a vast organ

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Chron’s Disease

What is Crohn’s disease?  Crohn’s disease is an ongoing disorder that causes inflammation of the digestive tract, also referred to as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.

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Celiac Disease

What is a celiac disease?  Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People

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Malabsorption

What is a malabsorption? Malabsorption syndrome refers to a number of disorders in which nutrients from food are not absorbed properly in the small intestine.

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Peptic Ulcer

What is a peptic ulcer?  A peptic ulcer is a hole in the gut lining of the stomach, duodenum, or esophagus. A peptic ulcer of the stomach is called

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Rectal Pain

What is the Rectum and Anus?  The term rectum is sometimes used interchangeably with the term anus. When people refer to rectal pain, they usually

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Rectal Bleeding

What is rectal bleeding?  There are many possible reasons for blood in your stool. Some are harmless and temporary, while others may signal a more

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Anal Fissures

What is an anal fissure? An anal fissure is a tear in the lining of the lower rectum (anus) that causes pain during bowel movements.

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Biliary Cirrhosis

Primary biliary cirrhosis is a disease that slowly destroys the liver’s bile ducts. Bile is a substance produced in the liver that helps digest fat

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Autoimmune Hepatitis

What is autoimmune hepatitis? Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body’s immune system attacks liver cells. This immune response causes inflammation of the

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Jaundice

What is Jaundice? Jaundice is not an illness, but a medical condition in which too much bilirubin – a compound produced by the breakdown of

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Hemochromatosis

What is hemochromatosis? Hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States. It is an inherited condition in which the body

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Liver Cancer

What is liver cancer? Liver cancer refers to the growth of malignant tumors in liver tissue. Cancer that starts in the liver is called primary liver cancer.

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Fatty Liver

What is Fatty Liver? Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) describes a range of conditions involving the liver that affect people who drink little or no

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Gallstone/Pancreas

What are gallstones? Gallstones are small, pebble-like substances that develop in the gallbladder. The gall­bladder is a small, pear-shaped sac located below your liver in

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Cancer of the Pancreas

What Is Cancer of the Pancreas? The Normal Pancreas The pancreas is an organ located behind the stomach. It is shaped a little bit like

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Pancreatitis

What is pancreatitis? Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large gland behind the stomach and close to the duodenum—the first part

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