Overview
Gastro-intestinal and liver diseases have become very common in present times. Millions of people around the world routinely face gastric and enteric problems like acidity, diarrhoea, gas, indigestion, jaundice, and others. However, if not attended to, these diseases can give rise to serious issues like bleeding from stomach and intestines and severe swelling of the pancreas and unconsciousness due to liver failure. With the help of the experienced Gastroenterologists, AIMS is well-equipped to diagnose and treat such gastro-intestinal diseases.
When to Visit Gastroenterologist @ AIMS
You are recommended to visit Gastroenterologist at AIMS in following conditions:
Esophagus related diseases which include issues such as:
- Difficulty/pain in swallowing (dysphagia/odynophagia)
- Vomiting
- Fungal/viral infection in diabetes/immunocompromised,
- Achalasia cardia
- Cancer/tumour in oesophagus,
- Stricture/peptic,
- Blood in vomiting (oesophageal varices in chronic liver diseases)
For stomach related diseases, we can combat diseases which include:
- Hyperacidity/peptic ulcer,
- Chronic vomiting/reflux disease,
- Blood in vomiting due to ulcer disease,
- Cancer of stomach,
- H. Pylori infection,
- Peptic ulcer
For duodenum related diseases that include:
- Malnutrition/celiac sprue
- H. Pylori Infection
For gallbladder and bile-duct related diseases that include:
- GB calculi/jaundice
- biliary-tract cancer.
For pancreatic diseases that include:
- Acute /chronic pancreatitis
- Pancreatic duct calculi
For liver diseases that include:
- Liver cirrhosis
- Hematemesis
- HCC
- Hepatic coma
For Small Intestinal diseases that include:
- Occult blood in stool/anaemia
- Tuberculosis
- Celiac sprue (malabsorption)
For Colon Intestinal diseases that include:
- IBD (Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s colitis)
- Tumour/ cancer of colon
- viral (e.g. CMV) infection in immuno-compromised patients
- chronic diarrhoea
Our dedicated Gastroenterologists effectively tackle all above mentioned diseases.
Services
- Ultramodern endoscopy equipped with gastroscope
- Colonoscopy (to examine the large intestine)
- Advanced treatment of the narrow food pipe like dilatation, stenting, banding & injection of bleeding veins
- Removal of tumours like polyps and others from the large intestine
- Removal of stones from the bile duct
- Stent placement in thee food pipe, bile duct and pancreatic duct
- Management of acute upper and lower GI hemorrhage