Intestines

Conditions

Physicians affiliated with Memorial Hermann treat a wide range of intestinal diseases including:

• Celiac disease
• Colorectal cancer
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Intestinal rehabilitation & transplantation
• Small intestine cancer
• Carcinoid tumor
• Intestinal obstruction
• Colitis
• Diverticulosis
• Diverticulitis
• Colon bleeding
• Crohn's disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Diarrhea
• Salmonellosis
• Shigellosis
• Traveler's diarrhea
• Colon polyps
• Colon cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Constipation
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Rectal prolapse
• Intussusception

Screening & Treatments

Screenings and treatments of the intestines available at Memorial Hermann include:

• Medication (antidiarrheal agents, stool softener and laxatives)
• Enema
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Rectal Ultrasound
• Polypectomy
• Small Bowel Enteroscopy
• Colon surgery (open or laparoscopic)