Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology or gastrology is the medical specialty concerned with the field of digestive diseases. Traditionally, these are separated by anatomic or functional category. For example, disorders of the esophagus might be listed under "esophagus" and also included in a description of motility disorders (disorders of motor function). Diseases of the liver fall under the branch of hepatology, which is traditionally classified under the umbrella of gastroenterology.

List of signs and symptoms of gastroenterological diseases :

• constipation
• diarrhea
• vomiting
• nausea
• abdominal pain

List of research fields in Gastroenterology :

• Neurogastroenterology
• Motility

Important figures in Gastroenterology

• William Beaumont
• Basil Hirschowitz
• Burrill Bernard Crohn

Gastroenterological Societies

• American College of Gastroenterology
• American Gastroenterological Association
• European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• World Gastroenterology Organisation

External links

• American College of Gastroenterology
• World Gastroenterology Organisation

Health science - Medicine - Gastroenterology - edit
Diseases of the esophagus - stomach
Halitosis | Nausea | Vomiting | GERD | Achalasia | Esophageal cancer | Esophageal varices | Peptic ulcer | Abdominal pain | Stomach cancer | Functional dyspepsia
Diseases of the liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree
Hepatitis | Cirrhosis | NASH | PBC | PSC | Budd-Chiari syndrome | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Acute pancreatitis | Chronic pancreatitis | Pancreatic cancer | Gallstones | Cholecystitis
Diseases of the small intestine
Peptic ulcer | Intussusception | Malabsorption (e.g. celiac disease, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, Whipple's disease) | Lymphoma
Diseases of the colon
Diarrhea | Appendicitis | Diverticulitis | Diverticulosis | IBD (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis) | Irritable bowel syndrome | Constipation | Colorectal cancer | Hirschsprung's disease | Pseudomembranous colitis

Health science – Medicine - edit
Anesthesiology | Dermatology | Emergency Medicine | General practice | Intensive care medicine | Internal medicine | Neurology | Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Pathology | Pediatrics | Podiatry | Public Health & Occupational Medicine | Psychiatry | Radiology | Surgery
Branches of Internal medicine
Cardiology | Endocrinology | Gastroenterology | Hematology | Infectious diseases | Nephrology | Oncology | Pulmonology | Rheumatology
Branches of Surgery
General surgery | Cardiothoracic surgery | Neurosurgery | Ophthalmology | Organ Transplantation | Orthopedic surgery | Otolaryngology (ENT) | Pediatric surgery | Plastic surgery | Podiatric surgery | Urology | Vascular surgery

The content of this page is retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenterology under GFDL