Dr. Abhishek Deepak

When someone is experiencing illness or any kind of condition regards their digestive system, they are referred to a Gastroenterologist. Recommending tests, asking the right questions regarding your health condition, checking your medical history is also what the doctor does during the initial phase of treatment. The work of a Gastroenterologist is also to help a patient manage his/her health condition of the digestive tract and digestive system, whether it is via medications and/or diet and other lifestyle changes. A Gastroenterologist must have the knowledge of various factors such as:

1. Gastrointestinal organs
2. Movement of matter via intestines and stomach
3. Digestion, absorption of nutrients
4. Removal of body waste
5. Liver system

Please do have a look at the various tests required prior to and during the consultation with a Gastroenterologist.:

• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• Gastroscopy
• Esophageal/Gastric Manometry
• Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Upper GI Series (barium swallow or barium meal)
• pH Monitoring

These include Endoscopic ultrasounds, Gastroscopies and Colonoscopies and all of these procedures provide a good assessment of the condition at hand. In the case of Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, a camera attached to a thin, long tube is inserted via the rectum and in Endoscopy via the mouth. The purpose in both cases is to assess the health condition of the digestive system and tract through the images taken in this process. When the doctor wishes to understand the causes behind a condition, confirm the diagnoses or view the response to the treatment good non invasive method is diagnostic imaging tests. You can know what is going inside the body, in this case the digestive system and tract with tests like Computed tomography scan (CT or CAT scan), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Ultrasound.

Please visit a Gastroenterologist if you are showing symptoms of a digestive system issue or at risk for colorectal cancer because you are more than 50 years of age. Kindly do visit a doctor of this specialty in case of conditions like suspected gallstones, ulcers, and Hemorrhoids. Even a recovery from a surgical process can be helped along seamlessly if the journey towards excellent digestive health is faster.