Scientists are increasingly finding that the gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a vital role in our overall health. While its ...

A low FODMAP diet developed by Monash University researchers for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been shown to improve ...

Symptoms of Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding . Healthcare providers categorize GI bleeds into two types: upper GI bleed and lower GI bleed, depending on where they occur in the digestive tract.

A lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleed can happen as a result of an injury, ulceration, or inflammation. Treatment depends on the severity of the bleeding. In many cases, lower GI bleeds stop on ...

A Barium enema is an examination of your lower gastrointestinal tract (your doctor may call it your lower GI tract) using X-rays. It’s also known as a colon X-ray.

In the week before admission, 520 (46.3 percent) of the patients with bleeding had taken a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug other than low-dose aspirin, 120 (10.7 percent) had taken low-dose ...

A gastrointestinal bleed occurs when there is bleeding in the upper or lower digestive tract. Common causes include peptic ulcers, hemorrhoids, and GI cancers.

The lower GI tract is made up of most of your small intestine and all of your large intestine, which includes your colon, rectum, and anal canal. [2] ...

Blood in stool may result from bleeding in the upper or lower GI tract — and the color of the blood can help indicate its source. Black, tarry stool.

Summary. Background: This article highlights two cases of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding in patients on dialysis after rejection of kidney-pancreas transplants. Patient 1 was a 34-year ...

Why you might have trouble farting. You have two sphincters, or the muscles that open and close passages in your body, located in your lower GI tract: There’s the internal sphincter, which your ...