Common GI Conditions

 

When your child has belly pain or digestive issues, you want to learn as much as possible about their condition. Here are some links to resources with more information developed for children and their caregivers about specific conditions. 

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• Abdominal Pain

• Acid Reflux (Reflux or GERD)

• Food Allergies

• Bleeding (Lower GI)

• Bleeding (Upper GI)

• Breastfeeding

• Celiac Disease or Gluten Related GI Conditions

• Clostridium difficile Infectiom (C Diff.)

• Colic in Infants

• Colonoscopy

• Constipation and Fecal Soiling (Encopresis)

• Cow’s Milk Protein Intolerance

• Crohn’s Disease

• Crohn’s Disease (Living with IBD: A Self Management Handbook for Patients and Families)

• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome

• Diarrhea (Acute)

• Diarrhea (Chronic)

• Diarrhea in Toddlers

• Endoscopy (Video Capsule)

• Endoscopy (or EGD – Esophago-Gastro-Duodenoscoy)

• Eosinophilic Esophagitis (food allergy causing inflammation)

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Healthy Eating

• Helicobacter Pylori (H pylori)

• Hirschprung’s Disease

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

• Lactose Intolerance

• Nausea

• Nutrition

• Overweight Children

• Pancreatitis

• Polyps

• Poor Weight Gain (Failure to Thrive)

• Ulcerative Colitis

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Sources:

• Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)

• North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN).

• GIKids

• American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders

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