Gastrointestinal Center
It is reasonable to suggest that we would not be homo sapiens without soul and mind. On the other hand, we would not be at all, if we did not eat. The process of consuming food seems to be so trivial; nevertheless, it is vitally important for our bodies. Food supplies us with all the nutritious elements, which, when digested and assimilated in the body, make it possible for us to live.
Therefore, the digestive system of the human body is of no less importance, and some will confirm that it is of the primary significance, than the other systems. Its work, state, and health are in the spotlight of the doctors' everyday attention.
If any part of the digestive system gives a crack, the whole body is in danger. All the other organs suffer from the lack or the excessive amount of some substances and elements.
Still, it is not enough to simply acknowledge that the digestive system is very important. One should learn at least something about the diseases, which target this part of the human body, the ways how to escape and treat the illnesses, as well as how to keep the body healthy.
You can find it all here, on Pillwatch.com
Information is organized into following categories:
Acid Reflux
If you happen to experience uncomfortable, rising and burning sensation in the middle of the chest behind the breastbone, which is commonly known as heartburn, it may be a sign of a disease, called acid reflux ...
Gastritis
Taking into account that the shortest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, it would be good to keep this important part of a human body healthy. A number of diseases, such as gastritis, can ...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammation, as a part of some health disorder, can affect practically any tissue of the human body. When the inflammatory process develops in the human digestive tract, especially affecting large intestine, ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Abdominal pain, cramps, constipation or diarrhea – quite usual and common symptoms, aren’t they? There is hardly a person in the whole world, who had never experienced such symptoms. Often we do ...
Other Digestive Disorders
Many people perceive it as an axiom that heart is the center and the most important part of our body. Do not jump to the conclusions! Any person, who must rush to the toilet five or six times a day, or who ...
Peptic Ulcers
Our poor stomach being one of the most important organs in the gastrointestinal tract and performing a vital function of digesting food has sometimes to overcome many obstacles to be able to survive. And the ...
Test Your Knowledge - Try Our Quizzes:
Quiz on Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatments
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with its subtypes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, is not an easy medical conditions to treat. However, medicinal options to control the symptoms of the disorders still exist, and the following quiz may be ...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Quiz
The quiz below is focused on the medical condition, called inflammatory bowel disease. Affecting human digestive tract, the disorder influences negatively not only the human body system, which provides energy for all the other systems and organs, ...
Quiz on Antacids and Acid Reducers
Heartburn, dyspepsia, GERD, peptic ulcers these are all different health disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. However, all of them can be treated with the same groups of medications, such as antacids and acid reducers. The key is that both ...
Quiz on Proton Pump Inhibitors
In many cases eliminating heartburn symptoms is an emergency, because they can significantly and obviously affect our ability to fulfill everyday activities. It is thus very useful for all the victims of gastro-esophageal reflux disease, or simply ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quiz
Practically any representative of the human kind faces the problem of constipation or diarrhea from time to time during his life. However, not everyone treats that as a medical condition, which should be evaluated and treated medicinally. At the ...
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