Gastroenterology is a field of science dealing with the digestive system and its diseases, including the disorders of the esophagus, the stomach, the liver, the gallbladder, the biliary ducts, the pancreas and the intestinal tract.
Gastroenterological examinations necessary for the diagnosis:
- a survey of the precedents (the patient’s own and familial history)
- questioning the present complaints
- physical examination (rectal as well)
- comprehensive ultrasound examination of the abdomen and the small pelvis (from the viewpoint of the digestive system information is gained on the alterations of the liver, the gallbladder, the biliary ducts, the pancreas, the spleen and the visible wall of the bowels)
- laboratory tests:
- - after taking blood, urine and faeces samples the following tests are carried out:
- Complete blood count
- Sedimentation
- Helicobacter pylori
- Food allergy test
- Liver function
- Amylase
- Blood sugar (examination on an empty stomach)
- Microalbumin
- HgbA1C
- CRP
- Cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL, HDL
- Complete urine
- Examination of faeces: blood, worm egg, Giardia lamblia
- Urease exhalation test
- during consultation with the specialist the results of the examination are summarized.
We recommend gastroenterological screening to those
- who have at least one of the following symptoms:
- problems of digestion
- halitosis
- reflux
- heartburn
- problems of the gallbladder
- meteorism, feeling of fullness
- nausea, vomiturition
- abdominal pain
- constipation
- chronic diarrhoea
- frequent urge to defecate
- experiencing bleeding from the rectum
- rectal complaints (e.g. bloody, mucous stool, discharge, nodule, swelling)
- who do not have any complaints but among whose blood relatives diseases of the digestive organs have occurred:
(inflammation, food allergy, ulceration, reflux, abdominal operation, intestinal stenosis, tumour, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), etc.) - who are over 45.
By gastroenterological screening minor alterations of the digestive system not causing any complaints yet, which would remain undetected by other methods, can be discovered. This is important because in the background of the diseases of the digestive organs there can be numerous such abnormalities which might even require immediate intervention.
At the same time, the chances of curing major alterations can also be increased by a diagnosis established sooner.
At the same time, the chances of curing major alterations can also be increased by a diagnosis established sooner.