Digestive Diseases `

Welcome to Digestive Diseases,

Digestive Diseases, provides educational materials to increase knowledge and understanding about digestive diseases among patients, health care professionals, and the general public.

A-Z List of Topics and Titles

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abdominal Adhesions
• Adhesions
• Alagille Syndrome
• Anal and Rectal Problems
• Anatomic Problems of the Colon
• Appendicitis
• Autoimmune Hepatitis

B

• Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
• Bacteria and Foodborne Illness: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Barrett’s Esophagus
• Basics
• Biliary Atresia
• Bleeding in the Digestive Tract
• Bowel and Intestines
• Bowel Diversion Surgeries: Ileostomy, Colostomy, Ileoanal Reservoir, and Continent Ileostomy

C

• Celiac Disease
• Celiac Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• Celiac Disease Newsletter
• Celiac Disease: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Children and Digestive Problems
• Chronic Hepatitis C: Current Disease Management
• Cirrhosis
• Cirrhosis of the Liver (Easy-to-Read)
• Cirrhosis (Primary Biliary)
• Collagenous Colitis
• Colon Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• Colon Polyps: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Colonoscopy
• Colostomy
• Constipation
• Constipation (Easy-to-Read)
• Constipation in Children
• Continent Ileostomy
• Crohn’s Disease
• Crohn’s Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome

D

• Delayed Gastric Emptying (Gastroparesis)
• Dermatitis Herpetiformis
• Diagnostic Tests
• Diarrhea
• Diarrhea (Easy-to-Read)
• Digestion (normal)
• Digestive Diseases Dictionary
• Digestive Diseases News
• Directory of Organizations
• Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
• Diverticulitis Treatment
• Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis (Easy-to-Read)
• Duodenal Ulcers
• Dyspepsia

E

• Endoscopy
• ERCP
• Esophagus

F

• Fecal Incontinence
• Flatulence
• Flatulence (Easy-to-Read)
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Food Poisoning
• Foodborne Illness

G

• Gallbladder
• Gallstones
• Gas (Easy-to-Read)
• Gas, Heartburn, and Indigestion
• Gas in the Digestive Tract
• Gastritis
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children and Adolescents
• Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants
• Gastroparesis

H

• H. pylori and Peptic Ulcer
• Heartburn
• Heartburn, Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER), and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemorrhoids
• Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis B (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis C (Easy-to-Read)
• Hepatitis: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Hernia
• Hiatal Hernia
• Hirschsprung Disease (Easy-to-Read)

I

• Ileoanal Reservoir Surgery
• Ileostomy
• Incontinence, Fecal
• Indigestion
• Inguinal Hernia
• Intestinal Adhesions
• Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Easy-to-Read)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children
• IBS Treatment

L

• Lactose Intolerance
• Lactose Intolerance: What You Need to Know (Brief Awareness Overview)
• Liver
• Liver Biopsy
• Liver Transplantation
• Liver Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)
• Lower GI Series
• Lymphocytic Colitis

M

• Medications
• Ménétrier Disease
• Milk, Problems Digesting

N

• Newsletter
• NIH Consensus Development Conference: Management of Hepatitis B
• Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
• NSAIDs and Peptic Ulcers

O

• Organizations, Directory of
• Ostomy

P

• Pancreas
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic Ulcers
• Peptic Ulcers (Easy-to-Read)
• Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• Porphyria
• Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
• Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
• Proctitis
• Pseudo-Obstruction

R

• Rapid Gastric Emptying

S

• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Sigmoidoscopy
• Smoking and Your Digestive System
• Statistics
• Stomach
• Stomach Ulcers

T

• Testing for Celiac Disease
• Tests
• Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)

U

• Ulcerative Colitis
• Ulcers
• Upper GI Endoscopy
• Upper GI Series

V

• Vaccinations for Hepatitis A and B (PDF, 87 KB)
• Viral Gastroenteritis
• Viral Hepatitis: A through E and Beyond
• Virtual Colonoscopy

W

• What I need to know about Celiac Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Cirrhosis of the Liver (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Colon Polyps (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Constipation (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Crohn’s Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Diarrhea (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Diverticular Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Gas (flatulence) (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis A (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis B (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hepatitis C (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Hirschsprung Disease (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Liver Transplantation (Easy-to-Read)
• What I need to know about Peptic Ulcers (Easy-to-Read)
• Whipple’s Disease
• Why does milk bother me? (lactose intolerance) (Easy-to-Read)
• Wilson Disease

Y

• Your Digestive System and How It Works

Z

• Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome