Typical diagnoses made in patients who consult me include:

Colonic conditions

• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Diverticular disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Microscopic colitis
• Colonic polyps
• Colon (bowel) cancer
• Haemorrhoids (piles)
• Fistula-in-ano
• Anal fissure

Liver, gallbladder and conditions of the pancreas

• Alcohol-related liver disease
• Fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Cirrhosis
• Viral hepatitis B and C
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)
• Haemochromatosis
• Gallstones
• Jaundice from blockage of the bile duct from suspected gallstone or cancer
• Pancreatitis
• Cancer of the pancreas
• Liver cancer
• Autoimmune pancreatitis

Oesophagus and stomach conditions

• Dyspepsia, non-ulcer dyspepsia
• Peptic ulcer disease, Helicobacter pylori infection
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (indigestion and heartburn)
• Hiatus hernia
• Barrett’s oesophagus
• Oesophageal stricture
• Eosinophilic oesophagitis
• Achalasia
• Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach

Small intestinal conditions

• Malabsorption, bacterial overgrowth
• Food intolerance including lactose intolerance
• Coeliac disease
• Crohn’s disease

Cancer exclusion and of predisposing conditions

• Concerns regarding family history of cancer or inflammatory bowel disease