Indigestion: Living Better with Upper Intestinal Problems from Heartburn to Ulcers and Gallstones
Henry D. Janowitz
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Henry D. Janowitz
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Introduction. 1: The Upper Digestive Tract: An overview of how it works and what it does. 2: Indigestion: Dyspepsia - The stomach and its discontents, getting the words right. 3: Finding Out What is Wrong: How much testing must I have. Specific Problems. 4: Acid in the Gullet: Heartburn, Esophagitis and Hiatal Hernia. 5: Peptic Ulcers: When the stomach digests itself ( A note on the operated stomach). 6: Non-ulcer Dyspepsia: Indigestion without a label. 7: All chest pain is not heart pain. 8: The gallbladder in the stone age. 9: When the silent pancreas speaks up. 10: Jaundice: Where does the yellow come from, where does the yellow go?. 11: Malabsorption and Maldigestion: Internal starvation. 12: Food intolerances and food allergies: Was it something I ate?. 13: The Passage of Time: the aging upper digestive tract. 14: The Brain-Gut Connection. Appendix. Index
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Introduction. 1: The Upper Digestive Tract: An overview of how it works and what it does. 2: Indigestion: Dyspepsia - The stomach and its discontents, getting the words right. 3: Finding Out What is Wrong: How much testing must I have. Specific Problems. 4: Acid in the Gullet: Heartburn, Esophagitis and Hiatal Hernia. 5: Peptic Ulcers: When the stomach digests itself ( A note on the operated stomach). 6: Non-ulcer Dyspepsia: Indigestion without a label. 7: All chest pain is not heart pain. 8: The gallbladder in the stone age. 9: When the silent pancreas speaks up. 10: Jaundice: Where does the yellow come from, where does the yellow go?. 11: Malabsorption and Maldigestion: Internal starvation. 12: Food intolerances and food allergies: Was it something I ate?. 13: The Passage of Time: the aging upper digestive tract. 14: The Brain-Gut Connection. Appendix. Index
Key concepts: Indigestion, Heartburn, Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal medicine, Epigastric pain, Gallstones, Stomach