Pediatric Gastroenterology & GI Surgery

Delve into the realm of pediatric gastrointestinal disorders, encompassing common GI ailments and complex conditions encountered in infants, children, and adolescents, each requiring tailored approaches to diagnosis and management.

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): A prevalent condition in infants and children characterized by reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus, leading to symptoms such as spitting up, irritability, feeding difficulties, and respiratory issues.
• Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (FGIDs): A group of disorders characterized by chronic or recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without identifiable structural or biochemical abnormalities, including functional abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional constipation, and functional dyspepsia.
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, manifesting with symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, growth failure, and extraintestinal manifestations, requiring lifelong management.
• Celiac Disease: An autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals, resulting in small intestinal inflammation, villous atrophy, malabsorption, and symptoms such as chronic diarrhea, failure to thrive, abdominal distension, and nutritional deficiencies.
• Chronic Liver Diseases: Hepatic disorders affecting children, including viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, metabolic liver diseases, biliary atresia, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), presenting with jaundice, hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes, and complications such as cirrhosis and portal hypertension.
• Pancreatic Disorders: Pediatric pancreatic conditions such as acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis-related pancreatic insufficiency, and pancreaticobiliary malformations, leading to abdominal pain, malabsorption, pancreatic enzyme deficiencies, and nutritional deficiencies.