Conditions Treated
Typical diagnoses made in patients who consult me include:
Oesophagus and stomach conditions
- Dyspepsia, non-ulcer dyspepsia
- Peptic ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori infection
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (indigestion and heartburn)
- Hiatus hernia
- Barrett’s oesophagus
- Oesophageal stricture
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis
- Achalasia
- Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach
Small intestinal conditions
- Malabsorption, bacterial overgrowth
- Food intolerance including lactose intolerance
- Coeliac disease
- Crohn’s disease
Colonic conditions
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Diverticular disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Microscopic colitis
- Colonic polyps
- Colon (bowel) cancer
- Haemorrhoids (piles)
- Fistula-in-ano
- Anal fissure
Liver, gallbladder and conditions of the pancreas
- Alcohol-related liver disease
- Fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Cirrhosis
- Viral hepatitis B and C
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
- Haemochromatosis
- Gallstones
- Jaundice from blockage of the bile duct from suspected gallstone or cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Cancer of the pancreas
- Liver cancer
Cancer exclusion and of predisposing conditions
- Concerns regarding family history of cancer or inflammatory bowel disease