Patient Education
The following links go directly to comprehensive patient information provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases also offers information for Spanish speaking patients (en espaņol).
Frequently Referenced Topics
- Barrett's esophagus
- Celiac disease
- Colon polyps
- Diverticulosis and diverticulitis
- Duodenal ulcers / H. pylori and peptic ulcer
- Gas / Heartburn / GERD
Resources/Links
- Adhesions
- Anal and rectal problems
- Appendicitis
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Bacteria and food borne illness
- Barrett's esophagus
- Bleeding in the digestive tract
- Bowel and intestines
- Celiac disease
- Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign
- Children and digestive problems
- Chronic Hepatitis C
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Collagenous colitis
- Colon polyps
- Colostomy
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Cyclic vomiting syndrome
- Delayed gastric emptying
- Diarrhea
- Diagnostic tests
- Digestion
- Digestive disease dictionary
- Diverticulosis and diverticulitis
- Drug information
- Duodenal ulcers / H. pylori and peptic ulcer
- Dyspepsia / Indigestion
- Facts and fallacies about digestive disease
- Fecal incontinence
- Flatulence (gas in the digestive tract)
- Food poisoning
- Gallstones
- Gastroparesis and diabetes
- Gas / Heartburn / GERD
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hiatal hernia
- Ileostomy, colostomy, ileoanal reservoir surgery
- Indigestion
- Inguinal hernia
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Lactose intolerance
- Liver transplant
- Lymphocytic colitis
- Non alcoholic steatohepatitis
- NSAIDS
- Pancreas
- Pancreatitis
- Porphyria
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Proctitis
- Short bowel syndrome
- Smoking and your digestive tract
- Statistics
- Stomach ulcers
- Testing for celiac disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Ulcers
- Vaccination for hepatitis A and B
- Viral gastroenteritis
- Virtual colonoscopy
- Wilson disease
Simplified, "What I Need To Know" Articles from NIDDK
- What I need to know about Celiac Disease
- What I need to know about Cirrhosis of the Liver
- What I need to know about Constipation
- What I need to know about Crohn's Disease
- What I need to know about Diabetes Medicines
- What I need to know about Diarrhea
- What I need to know about Diverticular Disease
- What I need to know about Eating and Diabetes
- What I need to know about Gas
- What I need to know about Hepatitis A
- What I need to know about Hepatitis B
- What I need to know about Hepatitis C
- What I need to know about Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- What I need to know about Peptic Ulcers
- What I need to know about Polyps
Institutions:
- American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American Liver Foundation
- American Society of Gastrointestinal Endosccopy
- Celiac Disease Foundation
- Crohns and Colitis Foundation
- Hepatitis Foundation International
- National Cancer Institute
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- United Ostomy Associations of America