Durham Gastroenterology Consultants

Web Resources for Digestive Diseases

This is a list of Web pages published by nationally recognized medical organizations. They contain educational material designed for patients. We hope you find them useful. We have provided these links as courtesy to our patients. Durham Gastroenterology Consultants, PA, does not take responsibility for the accuracy of any information or advice provided by these sites.

Procedures

Colonoscopy: http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=858
Upper Endoscopy: http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=859

Images of GI Diseases

http://endoatlas.com/atlas_1.html

Index of GI diseases

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/a-z.asp
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=928

Barrett’s Esophagus

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/barretts/index.htm
http://www.barrettsinfo.com/

Celiac Disease

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/index.htm
http://www.celiac.org/

Cirrhosis of the Liver

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=681

Colon (and rectal) Cancer

http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/patientinfo/coloncancer.asp
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1382

Colon Cancer Screening

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=685
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=861

Constipation

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/constipation/index.htm
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=687
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/constipation.asp

Diverticular Disease (Diverticulosis & diverticulitis of the colon)
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/diverticulosis/index.htm
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/diverticular.asp

Fatty liver disease
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/nash
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nonalcoholic-fatty-liver-disease/DS00577

Gallstones
http://healthology.healthology.com
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/index.htm
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/cgp/cgpvol2.asp#Gallstones
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=688
Gas in the digestive tract

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas/index.htm
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=689

Gastrointestinal Cancers

http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/cancers.asp

Gastroparesis

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gastroparesis/index.htm

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (heartburn)

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=848
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gerd/index.htm

Hemochromatosis

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hemochromatosis/index.htm
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/cgp/cgpvol2.asp#Hemochromatosis

Hemorrhoids

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hemorrhoids/index.htm
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=850

Helicobacter Pylori

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hpylori/index.htm
Hepatitis B
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepb_ez/index.htm
http://hepb.org/

Hepatitis C

http://www.epidemic.org/index2.html
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/chronichepc/index.htm
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/hepc_ez/index.htm

Incontinence of Stool

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/fecalincontinence/index.htm

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/crohns/index.htm
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/colitis/index.htm
http://www.ccfa.org/

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/index.htm
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/patientinfo/ibs.asp

Lactose Intolerance

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=854
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/lactoseintolerance/index.htm

Liver Diseases

http://www.liverfoundation.org/
http://aasld.org/

Pancreatitis

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pancreatitis/index.htm
http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=855
http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/pancreas.asp

Peptic Ulcer Disease

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=926

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

http://www.nhtech.demon.co.uk/pbc/index.html

Organizations

American Cancer Society
http://cancer.org
Celiac Disease Foundation
http://www.celiac.org/
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America
http://www.ccfa.org/
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association
http://www.cvsaonline.org/index.html
International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
http://www.iffgd.org/
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Association
http://www.ibsassociation.org/
American Liver Foundation
http://www.liverfoundation.org/

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
http://aasld.org/

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