At King’s College Hospital London, UAE, the Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases is a full-fledged unit that provides patients with exceptional healthcare, following well accepted protocols established at King’s College Hospital, London, UK based on the NICE guidelines (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence). We provide comprehensive care for patients suffering from gastrointestinal, liver, pancreatic and colorectal diseases at our hospital with a team of professional physicians and surgeons who have extensive years of experience in this field.
Whether you are suffering from common ailments such as hyperacidity, intestinal gas, heartburn, constipation, gallstones or more complicated issues such as inflammatory bowel disease, pancreatitis, liver cirrhosis or a gastrointestinal cancer, our experts can help you in clinically assessing your condition, performing diagnostic tests and providing you with evidence-based care. You can also benefit from a second opinion from one of our experts from King’s College Hospital, London, UK.
We provide the following services in our Department of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases.
- ACID REFLUX DISEASE
- ADVANCED GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINIC
- BOWEL CANCER SCREENING
- CELIAC DISEASE
- CROHN’S DISEASE
- DIARRHEA TREATMENT
- ENDOSCOPY
- GASTRITIS
- GASTROENTERITIS (STOMACH FLU)
- INFECTIOUS COLITIS
- INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD)
- IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)
- PEPTIC ULCERS
We also have dedicated clinical programs that provide a more focussed and detailed approach for assessment of patients suffering from complex issues requiring multi-disciplinary care. These programs are coordinated between different specialities (medical, surgical, interventional radiology and dietetics).
- Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy Program
- Endoscopic Bariatric Program
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
- Acid Reflux Disease Program
- Bowel Cancer Screening Program
- Fatty Liver Disease Program
- Liver Transplant Referral Program
- Functional Bowel Disorders
- Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
- Pancreatic Diseases
Faqs
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A gastroenterologist specializes in diagnosing, treating, and managing diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract. This includes the stomach, colon, digestive tract, esophagus, small intestine, rectum, gallbladder, liver, and pancreas among others.
Gastrointestinal disorders range from mild to serious and are described as any health conditions that appear in the digestive tract. These include:
- Heartburn
- Gallstones
- Pancreatitis
- Gallbladder disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Hemorrhoids
- Rectal prolapse
- Abnormal liver function
- Peptic Ulcers and polyps
- Colon Cancer
- Crohn’s disease
- Gastroenteritis
- Infectious colitis
- Abdominal angiogram
- Colonoscopy to detect colon cancer
- Upper GI endoscopy
- Barium enema
- Liver scan and biopsy
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Endoscopic polyp removal
- Bowel clearance
- Appendectomy
- Gastric bypass
- Bowel surgery
- Colostomy
- Hemorrhoids treatment
- Stent placement in the colon, bile duct, esophagus
- Colon cancer
The most common symptoms that can require you to see a gastroenterologist include, but are not limited to:
- Bloody stools
- Stomach pain and discomfort
- Changes in bowel habits
- Rectal bleeding
- Diarrhea
- Severe and persistent heartburn
- Bleeding in the digestive tract
- Unexplainable weight gain or weight loss
- Incontinence
- Severe constipation
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