Digestive and gut health
Here you'll find information on conditions that affect the gut and digestive system, as well as treatments and investigations.
Piles
Hiatus hernia
The low-FODMAP diet for IBS
Feel unwell after eating? Try our food and symptom diary
Do you often feel unwell after eating and want to find out why? Your symptoms could be anything from tummy pain, bloating or a headache. With so many different foods on your plate, pinpointing the cause can be tricky.
Keeping a food and symptom diary is a great tool to help you identify allergies and intolerances to certain foods. It can also help you to understand what makes an existing condition worse, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or migraines.
You can find more information about different types of conditions and their treatments in our A-Z below
A
Abdominal and pelvic adhesions
Abdominal hernia
Anal fissure
Anal fissure procedures
Anal fistula surgery
B
Barium swallow and meal
Barretts oesophagus
Bowel surgery
C
Coeliac disease
Colonoscopy
Constipation
Crohn's disease
D
Diverticular disease and diverticulitis
F
G
Gallbladder removal
Gallstones
Gastric band operation
Gastric bypass surgery
Gastroenteritis
Gastroscopy
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