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Discover how your digestive system works. Symptoms and treatments for conditions or diseases such as IBS, Crohn's Disease, Celiac Disease, Gas, or Diarrhea.
Overview of the digestive system—how food moves through each part of the GI tract to help break down food for energy, growth, and cell repair.
Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) conducts and supports research into many kinds of digestive issues, including studies of the basic biology of the digestive system’s structure and function.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a part of a wide spectrum of disorders that affect your digestive system. Learn more about research on these digestive diseases at NIDDK.
These conditions span a wide spectrum of disorders that affect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas, as well as obesity and other nutrition-related disorders. Some digestive diseases, such as celiac disease, can be triggered by the body’s reaction to certain foods.
Symptoms of Crohn’s disease vary from person to person and may include diarrhea, cramping, and pain in your abdomen, and weight loss. Experts aren’t sure what causes Crohn’s disease but think genes, abnormal immune reactions, and the microbiome play a role.
Provides statistics, including incidence, prevalence, and mortality, for a number of digestive diseases.
Read chapter one of the Burden of Digestive Diseases in the United States Report for data on epidemiology, practice patterns, cost, and impact of digestive diseases.
Celiac disease is a chronic digestive and immune disorder that damages the small intestine. The disease is triggered by eating foods containing gluten. The disease can cause long-lasting digestive problems and keep your body from getting all the nutrients it needs.
Definition & Facts. Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from your stomach to your small intestine, even though there is no blockage in the stomach or intestines.