- Indigestion - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Is it indigestion or something else? Find out about causes, symptoms and treatment for this common digestive condition
- Gastrointestinal tract - Mayo Clinic
Your digestive tract stretches from your mouth to your anus It includes the organs necessary to digest food, absorb nutrients and process waste
- Digestive Diseases Resource Center - Mayo Clinic
Digestive disease Resource Center for Medical Professionals including clinical updates, news, videos, continuing education and calculators from Mayo Clinic
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - Symptoms and causes
Inflammatory bowel disease, also called IBD, is an umbrella term for a group of conditions that cause swelling and inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract The most common types of IBD include: Ulcerative colitis This condition involves inflammation and sores, called ulcers, along the lining of the colon and rectum Crohn's disease
- Peptic ulcer - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Your digestive tract is coated with a mucous layer that most often protects against acid But if the amount of acid increases or the amount of mucus decreases, you could develop an ulcer Common causes include: Helicobacter pylori This germ lives in the mucous layer that covers and protects tissues that line the stomach and small intestine
- Crohns disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes swelling and irritation of the tissues, called inflammation, in the digestive tract This can lead to belly pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss and malnutrition
- Gastroparesis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Gastroparesis is a condition in which the muscles in the stomach don't move food as they should for it to be digested Most often, muscles contract to send food through the digestive tract But with gastroparesis, the stomach's movement, called motility, slows or doesn't work at all This keeps the stomach from emptying well
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) - Symptoms and causes
Gastroesophageal reflux disease happens when stomach acid flows back up into the esophagus and causes heartburn It's often called GERD for short This backwash is known as acid reflux, and it can irritate the lining of the esophagus Many people experience acid reflux now and then However, when
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