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Overview of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT).

Learn about the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal pseudo-obstruction, including chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and acute colonic pseudo-obstruction.

Overview of Hirschsprung disease, a birth defect in which some nerve cells are missing in the large intestine. Discusses symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

Overview of ostomy surgery of the bowel, including different types of ostomy surgery, adjusting to life after ostomy surgery, diet, and managing waste and gas.

Provides statistics, including incidence, prevalence, and mortality, for a number of digestive diseases.

Learn about liver biopsy, a procedure in which a doctor takes a small piece of tissue from your liver to look for signs of damage or disease.

Learn why virtual colonoscopy is used, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect. Find out how virtual colonoscopy is different from colonoscopy.

Learn how an upper gastrointestinal (GI) series can diagnose problems in your upper GI tract, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect afterwards.

Learn how a lower gastrointestinal (GI) series can diagnose problems in your large intestine, how to prepare for the procedure, and what to expect afterwards.

Learn how flexible sigmoidoscopy can detect ulcers, polyps, or cancer of the colon or rectum; how to prepare for the procedure; and what to expect afterward.