Gastrointestinal Disorders

 

The gastrointestinal system (also known as the GI system) is the entire digestive tract, from mouth to rectum. Gastrointestinal disorders are any illnesses that involve the gastrointestinal system.

 

This section on children and gastrointestinal disorders includes information about:

• chronic abdominal pain
• Crohn's disease
• gastrostomy
• GER or gastroesophageal reflux
• hepatitis
• hernias
• hiatal hernia
• Hirschsprungs
• IBD or inflammatory bowel disease
• jaundice
• liver
• NEC or necrotizing enterocolitis
• ostomies
• pancreatitis
• peptic ulcer
• tube feeding
• ulcerative colitis
• vomiting