Gastroenterology consultants in Cambridge

Gastroenterology is the area of medicine that covers the health of your digestive system. If you experience unpleasant effects or illness in this area of the body, it’s specialist gastroenterologists that you’ll need to see for treatment.

At Spire Healthcare, the skilled team of gastroenterologists in the Cambridge area have many years’ experience in this field. Along with all the latest in healthcare technology, such as tests and scans like endoscopies, they can diagnose and treat everything from inflammatory bowel conditions to cancers.

Treatments offered in Cambridge

At Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, the private gastroenterologists in Cambridgeshire are ready to help. Once the team have been able to diagnose your problem, they’ll swiftly move forward with whatever form of treatment offers you the best prognosis and improves your long-term health. This may involve a medical procedure, and those that the team often carry out include:

• Cancer – bowel cancer screening & prevention.
• Colon investigations – colon cancer, colon polyps, colon polypectomy.
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, dyspepsia, gastric and duodenal ulcers.
• Inflammatory bowel conditions – coeliac disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease.
• Liver – fatty liver disease, alcohol related liver disease, liver cirrhosis, abnormal liver tests and autoimmune/drug induced liver disease, jaundice.
• Nutritional aspects of gastrointestinal diseases including anemia.
• Pancreatology – pancreatic disorders.

Conditions treated in Cambridge

The usual signs of a digestive issue include things like abdominal pain and heartburn. If that’s the case for you, don’t hesitate to discuss your situation with the team at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital. They’ve a wealth of experience in identifying and managing all manner of gastroenterological complaints, including conditions like:

• Coeliac disease
• Crohn's disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Stomach ulcer

Symptoms treated in Cambridge

Though the symptoms of a digestive health issue can vary, many of these signs are distressing and difficult to work around. That’s why the team at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital will get you diagnosed and treated with minimal waiting times, so you no longer have to experience unpleasant effects like:

• Abdominal pain
• Constipation
• Diarrhoea
• Heartburn
• Indigestion

Test and scans carried out in Cambridge

If symptoms like diarrhoea and indigestion are a common occurrence, it may be worth having this investigated. While many gastroenterological issues can pass over time, symptoms like these can be the sign of something more serious. To get to the root cause of your complaint, the team at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital will make use of innovative technology like:

• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy

Finding us

Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital can be reached from many parts of the region, particularly towns like Cottenham, Ely, Huntingdon, Royston and St. Neots. The local gastroenterology department is in the Impington area just north of Cambridge, along New Road. That’s handily close to the M11, which can be accessed via the A14.