In the absence of registry data, it is impossible to know the precise incidence and prevalence of short bowel syndrome in the United States. On the basis of European data, the incidence of total ...

Short bowel syndrome is an extremely rare disease of the intestines. Only about 10,000 to 20,000 people in the U.S. have it, including adults and children. Here’s what you should know.

such as is found with intestinal pseudo-obstruction. [14] Direct instillation of nutrition into the stomach does not bypass the primary motility problem in gastroparesis, and jejunostomy tubes ...

Intestinal worms often lead to gastrointestinal symptoms, like diarrhea, because they live in your digestive tract. Other symptoms, such as a skin rash or problems breathing, also can occur, depending ...

Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb nutrients from food and transfer ...

Urinary retention causes urine to build up. Disorder of muscle contractions involved in digestion (intestinal pseudo-obstruction), causing digestive contents to back up. Weakness of the abdominal ...

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic condition of unknown origin characterized by severe inflammation and mucosal destruction in the intestine. There are two main forms: Crohn s disease ...

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was conducted to confirm gastrointestinal manifestations such as esophageal dysmotility, dyspepsia, esophageal and gastric ulcerations, pseudo-obstruction, bowel ...

Bowel cancer is one of the most common cancers in Scotland, and around 4,000 people in the country are diagnosed with it every year, according to Public Health Scotland. April is Bowel Cancer ...