Rare and lesser-known gastrointestinal diseases
Articles on lesser-known and rare diseases of the oesophagus, stomach, bowel, liver, biliary tract and pancreas. Some are seen regularly in hospital or specialist practice; others are very rare. Written in plain language with sources you can check yourself.
Articles in this category
Achalasia: when the oesophagus won't open
Read article →Boerhaave syndrome: spontaneous oesophageal rupture
Read article →Clostridium difficile: when antibiotics push the gut over the edge
Read article →Coeliac disease: the atypical presentations that get missed
Read article →Gastroparesis: when the stomach empties too slowly
Read article →Haemochromatosis: when the body stores too much iron
Read article →Lynch syndrome: the hereditary bowel cancer you should know
Read article →Mastocytosis: when mast cells accumulate
Read article →Microscopic colitis: the overlooked cause of chronic watery diarrhoea
Read article →Volvulus and bowel twist: when the gut rotates on itself
Read article →Whipple's disease
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Most digestive symptoms come from common conditions: reflux, IBS, diverticulosis or hemorrhoids. A group of patients have symptoms that don't fit the usual boxes. Sometimes the explanation is a condition the first doctor doesn't think of because it isn't among the most common.
This series covers lesser-known diseases of the GI tract, liver, biliary system and pancreas. Some – such as achalasia, microscopic colitis and volvulus – are encountered regularly by surgeons and gastroenterologists in hospital or specialist practice. Others are so rare that most doctors see them only a few times in their entire career. Each article is written by surgical specialist Dr. Bahir Hadi and explains what the disease is, how common it is in specialist settings, what symptoms to expect, how it's diagnosed and how it's treated. Each piece is grounded in 3-4 published sources you can look up.
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