Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common digestive disorders in the world. It happens when acid comes ...

Infections like the common cold and flu can also result ... Bacterial infections, viruses, esophageal disorders, and cancers of the mouth and throat can cause pain when swallowing.

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD A gastrointestinal (GI) disease affects your digestive tract—the path food and drink take through your body and the digestive organs. GI diseases can impact ...

Allergic reactions come in all varieties. One can even trigger a digestive disease called Eosinophilic Esophagitis, which ...

Symptoms in other target organs are common in cases of IgE-mediated disorders, but not in the ... appropriate to obtain biopsy specimen of the esophagus during removal of the impacted food.

New research is exploring low-cost, non-invasive ways to diagnose Barrett's esophagus, a condition associated with deadly ...

When asthma triggers GERD, common asthma medications can decrease pressure in the lower esophageal sphincter ... focus includes patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction such as irritable ...

Although less common than nonerosive esophagitis ... complaints can be chronic and complicating an underlying esophageal motility disorder or undiagnosed stricture. Endoscopy may identify classic ...

In a practice-changing guideline reversal, medical societies advised on Tuesday that most patients do not need to stop taking ...

New research is exploring low-cost, non-invasive ways to diagnose Barrett's esophagus, a condition associated with deadly esophageal cancer, to find effective strategies to identify patients with this ...

KCH has added Gastroenterology as a new service line and welcomes Aslam Syed, MD, as the new Gastroenterology (GI) doctor.