Diagnostic-Endoscopy

diagnostic-endoscopy

We are a foremost and reputed organization engaged in providing reliable diagnostic endoscopy services including upper GI endoscopy (Gastroscopy), Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, Side viewing Endoscopy, etc.

A diagnostic endoscopy is an examination to look at your internal organs using an instrument called an endoscope. This is a long, tube-like instrument with a lens and light. It may be inserted through a natural opening such as the mouth or anus.

Before having an endoscope passed through the mouth, you must avoid food for several hours as food in the stomach can obstruct the consultant’s view. You are usually given laxatives before an endoscope is inserted into the rectum and colon.

The examination is usually carried out with the patient under sedation, or general anaesthetic in some cases. Your Consultant will discuss the best method with you.

Some of the most common ailments that are assessed, diagnosed and managed by a hepatologist include:

  • Diseases of the liver-related to excess alcohol consumption, including fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
  • Viral hepatitis infections (hepatitis A, B, C and E). Over two billion individuals have been infected with hepatitis B at some point and around 350 million people are persistent carriers. With widespread vaccination and blood screening, the incidence of hepatitis B has significantly decreased. However, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are accountable for up to 80% of liver cancer cases.
  • Drug overdose, particularly paracetamol overdose
  • Jaundice
  • Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by portal hypertension linked to liver injury
  • Enzyme defects causing a liver enlargement in children, also known of as liver storage diseases
  • Some tropical infections such as hydatid cyst, kala-azar or schistosomiasis
  • Liver transplantation
  • Liver cancer
  • Genetic and metabolic liver disease
  • Pancreatitis, usually when caused by alcohol consumption or gallstones
  • Drug metabolism
  • Damage to the pancreas or biliary tract caused by infection, cancer, alcohol, bleeding or obstruction.

Hepatology used to be considered a subspecialty of gastroenterology, but nowadays doctors can specialize in hepatology, which is quickly emerging as a freestanding speciality. As a critical organ that can be affected by a large number of factors, the liver is usually the focal point in hepatology.