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Diarrhoea
- Dr Doug McKechnie
Digestive Health
Stretching from your head to your bottom, the digestive system (made up of the gut, bowel and stomach) breaks down all that delicious food and drink, absorbing the useful nutrients and energy, whilst getting rid of the waste. It's a complex system that comes with various health concerns, from simple problems like indigestion to disorders which may be lifelong, such as IBS.
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"It may not be dinner party conversation, but most of us have had tummy trouble at some point. Our hub will outline how to improve your digestive health and when to pay your GP a visit."
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Information on Diarrhoea
Information on Liver Function Tests
Information on Indigestion (Dyspepsia)
Information on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Information on Rectal Bleeding (Blood in Stool)
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More information
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux and Oesophagitis (Heartburn)
- Aminosalicylates
- Anal Fissure
- Antacids
- Appendicitis
- Autoimmune Hepatitis
- Barium Enema
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Childhood Gastro-oesophageal Reflux
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic Pancreatitis
- Clostridium Difficile (C. Diff)
- Coeliac Disease
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Cryptosporidium
- Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome
- Diarrhoea Medicine
- Dietary Potassium
- Diverticula (Diverticulosis, Diverticular Disease, Diverticulitis)
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Dysphagia (Difficulty Swallowing)
- Eosinophilic Oesophagitis
- ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography)
- Fibre and Fibre Supplements
- Gallstones and Bile
- Gastritis
- Gastroparesis
- Gastroscopy (Endoscopy)
- Globus Sensation
- H2 Blockers
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis C
- Hernia
- Hiatus Hernia
- Hiccups (Hiccoughs)
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Laxatives
- Mallory-Weiss Tear
- Mesenteric Adenitis
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Preventing Infection after Splenectomy
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Proctalgia Fugax and Anal Pain (Levator Ani Syndrome)
- Rectal Bleeding (Blood in Stool)
- Rectal Prolapse
- Roundworms
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Spleen Pain
- Stoma Dietary Care
- Symptoms of Appendicitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Vomiting Blood (Haematemesis)
Medications
- Aluminium hydroxide
- Alverine capsules (Audmonal, Spasmonal)
- Balsalazide (Colazide)
- Beclometasone tablets for ulcerative colitis (Clipper)
- Bisacodyl (Dulcolax, Sovolax)
- Budesonide rectal foam and enema (Budenofalk Rectal Foam, Entocort Enema)
- Budesonide tablets, capsules and granules (Budenofalk, Entocort CR, Cortiment)
- Cimetidine to reduce stomach acid (Tagamet)
- Colestyramine sachets (Questran)
- Co-magaldrox suspension (Maalox, Mucogel)
- Co-phenotrope tablets for diarrhoea
- Dicycloverine
- Diloxanide tablets
- Docusate sodium (Dioctyl, DulcoEase, Norgalax)
- Esomeprazole to reduce stomach acid (Emozul, Guardium, Nexium)
- Famotidine to reduce stomach acid
- Glycerol suppositories for constipation
- Glyceryl trinitrate rectal ointment (Rectogesic)
- Hydrocortisone rectal foam
- Hyoscine butylbromide tablets (Buscopan)
- Ispaghula husk for constipation (Fybogel, Ispagel, YourFIBRE)
- Lactulose for constipation
- Lansoprazole to reduce stomach acid (Zoton FasTab, Prevacid)
- Linaclotide capsules (Constella)
- Loperamide for diarrhoea (Imodium, Norimode)
- Lubiprostone for constipation (Amitiza)
- Macrogols for constipation or bowel cleansing (CosmoCol, Movicol, Laxido)
- Magnesium hydroxide for constipation (Phillips' Milk of Magnesia)
- Magnesium trisilicate
- Mebeverine (Colofac, Aurobeverine)
- Mesalamine (Asacol, Pentasa)
- Mesalazine (Asacol, Octasa, Pentasa)
- Methylcellulose tablets
- Metoclopramide (Maxolon)
- Misoprostol tablets for stomach ulcers (Cytotec)
- Nabilone capsules
- Nizatidine to reduce stomach acid
- Olsalazine for ulcerative colitis
- Omeprazole to reduce stomach acid (Losec, Mezzopram, Prilosec)
- Orlistat capsules (Alli, Orlos, Xenical)
- Pancreatin (Creon, Nutrizym, Pancrease, Pancrex)
- Pantoprazole to reduce stomach acid
- Peppermint oil capsules (Colpermin, Mintec)
- Prednisolone rectal foam, enema and suppositories
- Preparations for piles - containing a corticosteroid (Anusol-HC, Proctosedyl, Scheriproct)
- Propantheline tablets (Pro-Banthine)
- Prucalopride for constipation (Resolor)
- Psyllium husk for constipation (Hydrocil, Konsyl, Reguloid)
- Rabeprazole to reduce stomach acid (Pariet)
- Racecadotril for acute diarrhoea in children (Hidrasec)
- Ranitidine to reduce stomach acid (Zantac)
- Rifaximin for liver problems (Targaxan)
- Rifaximin for traveller's diarrhoea (Xifaxanta)
- Senna for constipation (Potter's Senna, Senokot)
- Sodium phenylbutyrate tablets (Ammonaps)
- Sodium picosulfate (Dulcolax Pico, CitraFleet, Picolax)
- Sterculia granules
- Sulfasalazine (Salazopyrin)
- Ursodeoxycholic acid (Ursofalk, Cholurso)
- Ursodiol (Actigall, Urso)
Notes on Digestive Health