Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology is the medical speciality concerned with all the diseases of the digestive system including:

• Oesophagus
• Stomach
• Liver and bile ducts
• Pancreas
• Small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
• Colon (large intestine)
• Rectum

The Gastroenterology Department of the Centro Médico Teknon, with its specialists and new techniques, offers treatments which include the following:

• Changes in oesophageal movements
• Heartburn
• Celiac disease
• Diarrhoea
• Dyspepsia (stomach ache)
• Colonic diverticulosis
• Abdominal pain
• Elevated transaminases
• Constipation
• Digestive gases
• Helicobacter pylori
• Hepatitis
• Incontinence
• Colonic polyps
• Prevention of colorectal cancer
• Gastric protection in anti-inflammatory treatments
• Blood in faeces
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Gastroduodenal ulcer