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Gastrointestinal tract - Mayo Clinic
Your digestive tract stretches from your mouth to your anus. It includes the organs necessary to digest food, absorb nutrients and process waste.

Gastrointestinal bleeding - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Gastrointestinal bleeding can happen either in the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract. Upper GI bleeding Causes of upper GI bleeding can include: Peptic ulcer. This is the most common cause of upper GI bleeding. Peptic ulcers are open sores that develop on the inside lining of your stomach and the upper part of your small intestine.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - Symptoms and causes
Gastroenterology & GI Surgery Blog Connect with others and follow the latest advances in treating Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis on Mayo Clinic Connect. Inflammatory bowel disease, also called IBD, is an umbrella term for a group of conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract.

Upper endoscopy - Mayo Clinic
An upper endoscopy, also called an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, is a procedure used to visually examine your upper digestive system. This is done with the help of a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube. A specialist in diseases of the digestive system (gastroenterologist) uses an endoscopy to diagnose and sometimes treat conditions that affect the upper part of the digestive ...

Crohn's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation of the GI tract, which extends from your stomach all the way down to your anus. Different areas of the GI tract can be affected in different people, and it often spreads into the deeper layers of the bowel.

Endoscopic ultrasound - Mayo Clinic
Endoscopic ultrasound is a procedure that combines endoscopy and ultrasound to create images of the digestive tract and nearby organs and tissues. It also is called EUS. During EUS, a thin, flexible tube called an endoscope is placed in the digestive tract. An ultrasound device on the tip of the tube uses high-frequency sound waves to create detailed images of the digestive tract and other ...

What causes gastrointestinal bleeding and how serious is it really?
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a symptom of a disorder in your digestive tract. The blood often appears in stool or vomit but isn't always visible, though it may cause the stool to look black or tarry. The level of bleeding can range from mild to severe and can be life-threatening. Sophisticated imaging technology, when needed, […]

Mayo Clinic Minute: Opioids can cause gut problems
Millions of opioid prescriptions are written each year in the U.S. to help patients deal with pain. But those medications also can cause some uncomfortable side effects, including constipation. Reporter Vivien Williams talks with Dr. Michael Camilleri, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, about gastrointestinal (GI) concerns when taking opiods. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast ...

E. coli - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Most strains of E. coli bacteria are harmless, but some can cause severe symptoms. Learn about symptoms and treatment of this common foodborne illness.

Capsule endoscopy - Mayo Clinic
Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera to take pictures of the organs in the body that food and liquids travel through. This is called the digestive tract. A capsule endoscopy camera sits inside a vitamin-sized capsule. After it's swallowed, the capsule travels through the digestive tract. The camera takes thousands of pictures that are sent to a recorder worn on a ...

 

 

 

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