Pediatric Gastroenterologist
Manipal Hospital, Dwarka , Delhi, India19 Years of experience
Speaks: English
Dr. Sufla Saxena is working as Consultant - Paediatric Gastroenterologist And Hepatologist, Manipal Hospitals, Delhi. The specialist has worked as Consultant with Apollo Spectra Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Sufla Saxena has completed her MBBS, DNB (Paediatrics), MRCPCH (UK), and Fellowship In Paediatric Gastroenterology And Hepatology (UK). Her expertise areas are GERD, Cholecystitis/Cholelithiasis, Chronic constipation, Pancreatitis, Viral Hepatitis, Neonatal Jaundice/Cholestasis, Inflammatory bowel disease, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Liver Transplant, and Nutrition.
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Her fellowships and memberships are Fellow Paediaric gastroenterology Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital UK, Fellow Paediatric Hepatology Birmingham Children’s Hospital UK British, Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN), European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN), Indian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ISPGHAN), Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), and Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). She founded the city's first Celiac illness support group and began a Celiac disease awareness campaign at Apollo Hospital Indore. She was the first to open the "Yellow Baby Clinic," a one-of-a-kind clinic for newborns with jaundice. In the Journal of Nutrition, a case study titled "Role of Nutrition in Chronic Pancreatitis in Children" was published. INMO group (a women entrepreneurs association) named her the Most Charismatic Woman of 2018. Her commitment to ill children with liver disease was recognised by the Mayor of Indore. She has published pieces for newspapers on Celiac disease, abdominal discomfort in children (parents' issue), unusual case reports, and other topics. Dr. Sufla Saxena has written an article on safety tips for a child with Hepatitis C on this World Hepatitis Day, on 5 simple tips to improve gut health, How to boost GUT and Overall Immunity?, All you need to know about Paediatric Hepatitis, Celiac Disease in children, and Types And Symptoms Of Celiac Disease In Kid raising awareness on observing Celiac Awareness Month on DOCTORNDTV.
Kindly have a look at the various conditions whose treatment is done by Dr. Sufla Saxena:
The gastroenterological conditions such as inflammation of the large intestine or pancreas and sores on the stomach lining and small intestine can become chronic and distressing if not treated in time. You must consult your Gastroenterologist in case of various gallbladder conditions as well as liver disease. We can safely state that if you have a disease or condition which is linked to the digestive system then the solution would be present with a doctor working in this specialty.
Let us have a look at the symptoms and signs that show that it is a gastroenterological condition.:
The health issue can be considered to be more serious if the common symptoms like heartburn, constipation and diarrhea are more frequent and pronounced. Blood in the stool and yellowing of the skin do not augur well and are a clear manifestation of more serious and chronic Gastroenterological conditions. Kindly do not let the symptoms become more severe and beyond the scope of complete solution and treatment becomes elusive.
The doctor operates from 9 am to 5 pm, from Monday to Saturday only. The doctor is well respected in the field of Gastroenterology and has a great track record in treating patients.
It is the following important popular procedures that the Dr. Sufla Saxena performs on the patients.:
If someone is suffering from a gut related disease or condition, then it is this doctor who helps to manage as well as treat the issue in patients. It is only for testing and diagnoses that the doctor performs the procedures which cannot be called surgery but for surgical treatment you must visit or get referred to a gastrointestinal surgeon.
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It is a Gastroenterologist who helps you get treated for the health conditions you suffer from related to the digestive system. The initial visit to the doctor will include the right questions which will help the doctor understand your condition better, the tests they recommend solidifies the diagnoses. Also, a Gastroenterologist helps you in managing your conditions through the right medications and assisting you with the lifestyle and diet changes if required. A Gastroenterologist must have the knowledge of various factors such as:
A consultation with a Gastroenterologist comes with the requirement of some tests to be performed either before or during the process and they are listed below:
These include Endoscopic ultrasounds, Gastroscopies and Colonoscopies and all of these procedures provide a good assessment of the condition at hand. It is easier to understand the symptoms via the images that are sent via the camera attached to the thin, long tube inserted through mouth in Endoscopy and rectum in Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy. 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.
Symptoms indicating a clear digestive system or tract related condition or being in an age bracket above fifty mean that you must go to see a Gastroenterologist. Sometimes the condition is clear and not just an indicative symptom, few conditions that would need a visit are suspected gallstones, ulcers, and Hemorrhoids. Regular consultations with the doctor make it simpler for you to attain excellent digestive health post a surgery.