Gastroenterological Diseases

Oesophagus
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux and oesophagitis (damage to the oesophagus due to gastric acid)
- Barrett’s Oesophagus (abnormal cells in the oesophagus caused by reflux disease, that have the potential of becoming cancer)
- Eosinophilic oesophagitis (a special type of inflammation of the oesophagus associated with eosinophils which are a kind of white blood cell)
- Oesophageal varices (bloated veins that may bleed, due to liver cirrhosis or scarring)
- Oesophageal cancer
- Oesophageal strictures (narrowing of the oesophagus)
- Corrosive injury to the oesophagus
- Pill induced oesophagitis (some medicines if not properly swallowed and are stuck in the oesophagus can cause severe inflammation and ulceration)
- Functional disorders of the oesophagus (due to nerve-muscle incoordination)