Diets, Conditions & Procedures
Milk Protein Free Diet »
A milk protein free diet is used for certain food allergy related conditions. It is most often used to treat…
Upper GI Endoscopy »
Upper GI endoscopy, sometimes called EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy), is a visual examination of the upper intestinal tract using a lighted, flexible…
Orbera™ Balloon »
Performed under a mild sedative, the thin and deflated Orbera™ balloon is placed into the stomach. The balloon is then…
Liver Biopsy »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy »
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ that sits beneath the liver in the right-upper abdomen. It’s function is to store…
Infusion Therapy »
Medications delivered by intravenous administration are one way of treating a number of disorders and are referred to as Infusion…
Hemorrhoidal Banding »
We are pleased to offer our patients the CRH O’Regan System for treatment of hemorrhoids. This system is non-surgical and…
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy »
Sigmoidoscopy is the visual examination of the inside of the rectum and sigmoid colon, using a lighted, flexible tube connected…
Esophageal pH »
The esophagus is the muscular tube that carries food and liquid from the throat to the stomach. However, it is…
Esophageal Manometry »
The esophagus is the tube that carries food and liquid from the throat to the stomach. Although it seems like…
Esophageal Dilatation »
Esophageal dilatation is usually performed effectively and without problems. However, some complications can occur. A small amount of bleeding almost…
ERCP »
ERCP stands for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. As hard as this is to say, the idea behind the exam is fairly…
Colonoscopy »
Colonoscopy is the visual examination of the large intestine (colon) using a lighted, flexible video endoscope. The colon begins in…
Acid Reflux Treatment »
To understand this procedure, it is helpful to know some upper intestinal tract anatomy. It starts with the food tube…
Anti-Dumping Post-Gastrectomy Diet »
This diet helps to prevent a condition called “dumping syndrome,” which occurs in some patients who have undergone stomach surgery….
Dysphagia Diet »
Dysphagia means difficulty with chewing or swallowing food or liquid. The dysphagia diet covers 5 levels for difficulty in swallowing….
Diverticulosis Diet »
Diverticulosis, otherwise known as pockets or pouches of the colon, is very common. You can access a full description of…
Crohn’s Disease Diet »
Please refer to the essay on Crohn’s Disease (CD) for more detailed information on this disorder. Dietary treatment for Crohn’s Disease must…
Low Copper Diet For Wilson’s Disease »
Wilson’s disease is a hereditary disorder in which the body retains too much copper. Copper is a trace mineral in…
Colon Polyps and Cancer Prevention Diet »
Please refer to the essay on Colon Cancer and Polyps which describes these entities in detail. This essay describes the…
Colon Gas & Flatus Prevention »
The thriving healthy mix of bacteria within the colon does not happen without the production of some gases. Most of…
Clear Liquid Diet »
A diet of clear liquids maintains vital body fluids, salts, and minerals; and also gives some energy for patients when…
Asian Diet »
The following is a description of the traditional Asian diet as believed to be related to disease prevention and increased…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease »
Understanding IBD. What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? The term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a category of gastrointestinal illnesses…
Hemorrhoids »
Hemorrhoids, or piles, are one of mankind’s most common and nagging disorders. By themselves, hemorrhoids are rarely serious, but they…
Ulcerative Colitis »
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, recurring disease of the large bowel. The large bowel (colon) is the 5-to-6-foot segment of…
Rectal Bleeding »
Rectal bleeding is a sign that something is wrong. It is usually something minor that can be easily diagnosed, but…
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Primary Biliary Cholangitis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Prevention of Colon Polyps and Cancer »
The colon is the large intestine. It begins where the small intestine ends, near the appendix inside the right lower…
Peptic Ulcer Disease »
Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common ailment, affecting many people. The causes of PUD have gradually become clear. With this…
Pancreas Disease »
The pancreas is called the “hidden organ” because it is located deep in the abdomen behind the stomach. About six…
Ostomy, Colostomy, Ileostomy »
These three words and the images they convey produce dread in many people who may know very little about them. An…
Lactose Intolerance »
Lactose intolerance develops when the body has difficulty digesting whole and skim milk and other dairy products. Lactose is a…
Irritable Bowel Syndrome »
Medically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis and…
Hiatus Hernia »
The hiatus hernia is one of the more misunderstood and maligned conditions in medicine. People blame this hernia for much…
Hepatitis C »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Hepatitis B »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Hepatitis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It sits in the right-upper abdomen just under the right lung…
Hemochromatosis »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Helicobacter Pylori »
This unusual name identifies a specific bacterium that can cause infection of the stomach. This infection can contribute to the…
Heartburn and Reflux »
Everyone has heartburn occasionally. This occurs when stomach acid flows upward (regurgitates) into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube…
Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease »
Almost everyone has experienced heartburn. About 25 million American adults suffer daily from (esophageal reflux, sometimes referred to as gastroesophageal…
Gastroparesis »
This tough looking word, pronounced gas-tro-par-EES-is, is simple enough in its meaning. Gastro means stomach. Paresis means weakness. Gastroparesis is…
Gastritis »
The stomach, as everyone knows from watching TV ads, is J-shaped and collects swallowed food and liquid. It then methodically…
Gas »
Everyone comments sometimes on the digestive problem of gas. When people complain of gas, they usually mean one or more…
Gallstones »
To understand the nature of gallstones, it is helpful to first look at the anatomy of the gallbladder and bile…
Fatty Liver »
The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the…
Esophagitis and Stricture »
The esophagus is the food tube, or gullet, that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The…
Eosinophilic Esophagitis »
Eosinophilic Esophagitis is a mouthful of a word. It is a condition that we are seeing more and more frequently….