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The Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy is located on the 7th floor of the Professional Office Building (POB). For driving directions and parking information, click here.
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Digestive Advantage IBS is not a cure for any disease or intended to replace any medicines that are prescribed by your physician. With that said, recent medical research has indicated that the symptoms of IBS can be triggered by diet (mainly
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Before Surgery Food is chewed in the mouth, then swallowed, passing through the esophagus to the stomach, (roughly the size of a melon) where stomach acids dissolve it into smaller particles. The liquid (chyme) then passes into the small intestine
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On One Hand: Debilitating SymptomsUlcerative colitis, an irritable bowel disease, can be debilitating and life threatening in severe cases. A patient with ulcerative colitis can endure chronic flare-ups of painful abdominal cramping and frequent
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The Pancreatic Juice's function is to produce exocrine secretion, pancreatic juice and endocrine secretion, which is hormone insulin. ChaCha on!
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On One Hand: Bile RefluxBile reflux occurs when bile flows backward from the small intestine into the stomach. It can also flow upward into the esophagus. Unlike acid reflux, bile reflux often cannot be treated by changing lifestyle and diet choices.
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The pancreas secretes its digestive enzymes (breaks down fats/lipids) into the small intestine. Pancreatic buffers raise the pH of the acidic chyme coming from the stomach, neutralizing the pH and leaving it slightly basic (7.4-7.6).
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Gall Bladder disease (Cholecystitis) is most often detected after a person experiences several gallstone attacks and consults their doctor. The pain is localized, but is severe enough that millions of Americans find themselves in the emergency room
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A hiatal hernia occurs when part of your stomach slips up into your chest through the hiatus, the hole in your diaphragm that allows your esophagus to pass through. A hiatal hernia may be caused by an inherited abnormality or it may develop with age.
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A cell is the basic structure of the body. Organelle means tiny organs and these structures within a cell perform specialized functions. For example, the nucleus contains all the DNA and directs the synthesis of proteins and the process of cell
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