Digestive Health: Overview

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  • Pancreatitis - Topic Overview

    07/02/07, Healthwise

    Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, an organ in your belly that makes the hormones insulin and glucagon. These two hormones control how your body uses the sugar found in the food you eat. Your pancreas also makes other

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  • Bowel Obstruction - Topic Overview

    05/16/07, Healthwise

    A bowel obstruction is a partial or complete blockage in the intestines that prevents gas, fluids, or solids from moving through the intestines normally. Blockage may occur in the small intestine (small-bowel obstruction) or the larg

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  • Anal Fissure - Topic Overview

    05/30/08, Healthwise

    An anal fissure is a tear in the lining of the lower rectum (anus) that causes pain during bowel movements. It is a common condition. Anal fissures do not lead to more serious conditions.

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  • Crohn's Disease - Topic Overview

    10/09/08, Healthwise

    Crohn's disease is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Parts of the digestive system get swollen and have deep sores called ulcers. Crohn’s disease usually is found in the last part of the small intestine and the fir

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  • Crohn's Disease - What Happens

    10/09/08, Healthwise

    Crohn's disease is an ongoing (chronic) condition that may flare up throughout your life. The course of the disease varies greatly from one person to another. Some people may have only mild symptoms, while others may have severe symptoms

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  • Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

    07/18/07, Healthwise

    Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is liver inflammation caused by a buildup of fat in the liver. NASH is part of a group of liver diseases, known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, in which fat builds up in the liver and sometime

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  • Diverticular Bleeding

    07/30/08, Healthwise

    Diverticular bleeding occurs when pouches (diverticula) that have developed in the wall of the large intestine (colon) bleed. If you have these pouches, you have a condition called diverticulosis.

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  • Cholecystitis

    08/02/07, Healthwise

    Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, a small organ near the liver that plays a part in digesting food. Normally, fluid called bile passes out of the gallbladder on its way to the small intestine. If the flow of bile is blocke

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  • Diverticulosis

    07/30/08, Healthwise

    Diverticulosis is a condition that develops when pouches (diverticula) form in the wall of the colon (large intestine). These pouches may be up to or larger in diameter.

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  • Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)

    07/06/07, Healthwise

    What is difficulty swallowing (dysphagia)?

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