When you have stomach pain, you don’t think, “I need an EGD” or “I need a Flexible Sigmoidoscopy!” You just know what’s hurting and you that you need help. To help you understand your options, we've included descriptions of some of our leading problems that patients experience with their stomach and gastrointestinal tract. On the list below, just click on the type of problem that you are experiencing, and our staff will be happy to help you.
Our Gastro offices can help you with the following medical problems:
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal hernia
- Abdominal swelling
- Abnormal stomach or colon biopsy
- Anorexia
- Ascites (excess fluid building up in abdomen)
- Bariatric surgery (gastric bypass)
- Barrett’s inflammation in your esophagus
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Bleeding
- Bleeding from your Rectum
- Vomiting blood
- Dark or tarry bowel movements
- Bloody stools
- Bowel blockage
- Bowel obstruction
- C. Difficile infection
- Cirrhosis
- Crohn’s disease
- Colitis
- Colon cancer
- Colon polyps
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty swallowing
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulosis
- Duodenal ulcers
- Esophageal reflux
- Food poisoning
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Gastric bypass procedures
- Evaluation for gastric bypass procedures
- Management of patients that have had gastric bypass procedures
- Gastric Ulcers
- Gastritis
- GERD
- H. Pylori infections
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Heartburn
- GERD
- Esophageal reflux
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Hernias
- Hiatal Hernia
- Abdominal Hernias
- Umbilical Hernia
- Inguinal Hernias
- Hepatitis
- Hiatal Hernia
- Jaundice
- Liver problems
- Nausea and vomiting
- Obesity
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Obstruction
- Bowel obstruction
- Esophageal obstruction
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Painful swallowing
- Pancreatitis
- Screening for colorectal cancer
- Stomach ulcers
- Stomach pain
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Swallowing problems
- Difficulty swallowing food or liquids
- Pain with swallowing food or liquids
- Swallowing coins or other foreign objects
- Ulcerative colitis
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Ulcers
- Stomach ulcers
- Duodenal ulcers
- Vomiting
- Vomiting blood
- Weight gain
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Weight loss
- You have noticed unusual weight loss of unknown cause
- You need a supervised weight loss program
- Yellow jaundice
Our doctors and staff evaluate you and help you decide if you will need any of the procedures listed below:
- Capsule Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Colonoscopy to evaluate Rectal Bleeding
- Colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer or to remove polyps
- Dilate strictures (with endoscopy or colonoscopy)
- Colonoscopy to evaluate Diverticulosis/ colon
- Endoscopy to evaluate/ treat Barrett's Esophagus
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
- Endoscopic Ultrasonography
- Esophageal Dilation
- Esophageal Manometry
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy to evaluate GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy tube placement or removal
- Colonoscopy with Polypectomy
- Upper Endoscopy