Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Known Symptoms
- Common symptoms:
- Diarrhoea (often bloody in UC, watery in CD).
Abdominal pain/cramping (more focal in CD, left-sided in UC). - Urgency, tenesmus (especially in UC).
- Weight loss, fatigue, and fever.
- Diarrhoea (often bloody in UC, watery in CD).
- Extra-intestinal manifestations:
- Joints (arthralgia/arthritis), skin (erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum), eyes (uveitis, episcleritis).
- Red-flag symptoms:
- Severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting (suggesting obstruction or toxic megacolon).
- Profuse bleeding, unexplained weight loss, and signs of sepsis.
Known Causes
- Local:
- Strictures, fistulae, abscesses (CD).
- Toxic megacolon, perforation (UC).
- Malnutrition, growth failure (in pediatric IBD).
- Increased risk of colorectal cancer (long-standing UC/extensive CD).
- Bone loss (osteoporosis/osteopenia).
Care
- Prevention: No known prevention; smoking cessation reduces CD risk/flares.
- Follow-up:
- Regular monitoring of disease activity (symptoms, biomarkers, endoscopy).
- Vaccinations (avoid live vaccines on immunosuppressants).
- Bone density screening, dermatologic/ophthalmic exams for extra-intestinal manifestations.
- Colonoscopic surveillance for dysplasia in long-standing colitis.
- Common symptoms:
- Diarrhoea (often bloody in UC, watery in CD).
Abdominal pain/cramping (more focal in CD, left-sided in UC). - Urgency, tenesmus (especially in UC).
- Weight loss, fatigue, and fever.
- Diarrhoea (often bloody in UC, watery in CD).
- Extra-intestinal manifestations:
- Joints (arthralgia/arthritis), skin (erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum), eyes (uveitis, episcleritis).
- Red-flag symptoms:
- Severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting (suggesting obstruction or toxic megacolon).
- Profuse bleeding, unexplained weight loss, and signs of sepsis.
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Gastroenterology
Our Gastrosciences service diagnoses and treats conditions of the digestive system such as the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, pancreas and bile ducts. Our team of gastroenterologists, hepatologists and specialist nurses use advanced, minimally invasive techniques to give precise care. POEM (Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy) treats oesophageal motility disorders, ESD to remove early tumours without open surgery, ERCP and SpyGlass for bile-duct problems, EndoVAC for closing leaks, STER for subepithelial tumours, and capsule endoscopy to image the small intestine. We also perform diagnostics and therapeutic endoscopy (OGD, colonoscopy, EUS, manometry, pH studies) and offer stenting, polypectomy, dilation, variceal therapy and biliary drainage as needed. In addition, age appropriate diagnostics and transplant-linked care are provided with dietitians and psychological support built into long-term plans.
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Dr. Amani Yazbek
Consultant, Gastroenterology
- Arabic
- French
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- Janabiya
- Medical Centre
- Salmaniya
- Hospital
Dr. Mujeeb V Rahman
Consultant, Gastroenterology
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Tamil
- Janabiya
- Medical Centre
- Salmaniya
- Hospital
Dr. Mustafa Al Abdullah
Consultant, Gastroenterology
- Arabic
- English
- Janabiya
- Medical Centre
- Salmaniya
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