Gastroenterology consultants in Portsmouth

Gastroenterologists are medical professionals who specialise in care for the digestive system. If you experience unpleasant effects or illness in this part of the body, it’s a gastroenterologist you’ll need to see for diagnosis and treatment.

At Spire Healthcare, the dedicated team of gastroenterologists in the Portsmouth area have a vast understanding of digestive issues and how best to manage them. Along with all the latest in healthcare technology, such as tests and scans like gastroscopies, they can care for everything from inflammatory bowel conditions to cancers.

Treatments offered in Portsmouth

At Spire Portsmouth Hospital, the gastroenterologists near Havant are always happy to help. After the team have run some tests and managed to make a diagnosis, they’ll start planning your treatment, with a focus on improving your prognosis and quality of life. This is likely to involve a routine medical procedure, and those the team are trained to perform 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 Portsmouth

Things like abdominal pain and frequent constipation are among the symptoms of gastroenterological conditions. If that sounds familiar, be sure to get in touch with the team today. They’re experts in identifying and managing a whole host of digestive health conditions, including common complaints such as:

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

Symptoms treated in Portsmouth

Though the symptoms of a digestive health issue can vary, many of these signs are distressing and difficult to manage. That’s why Spire’s gastroenterologists near Waterlooville get you treated as soon as possible, so you can live free from unpleasant effects like:

• Abdominal pain
• Constipation
• Diarrhoea
• Heartburn
• Indigestion

Test and scans carried out in Portsmouth

If symptoms like diarrhoea and heartburn are common for you, it may be worth having this looked into. While many gastroenterological complaints aren’t serious, symptoms like these can occasionally be the sign of something more significant. To get to the root cause of your complaint, the team at Spire Portsmouth will make use innovative techniques like:

• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Gastroscopy

Finding us

Spire Portsmouth is the nearest of our gastroenterology units if you live in all areas of the city, as well as surrounding spots like Clanfield, Cosham, Hayling Island, Purbrook and Westbourne. The hospital is just at the eastern edge of the city, close to Durrants and New Brighton.