Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center

The Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases at Bangkok Hospital Hat Yai provides comprehensive care, diagnosis, and treatment with a team of specialized physicians and modern equipment, along with extensive medical information.

Symptoms of patients who should seek consultation with a gastroenterologist and hepatologist:

• Abdominal pain
• Painful swallowing, chest tightness, white patches in the mouth
• Difficulty swallowing, food sticking in the chest
• Feeling of a lump in the middle of the throat, feeling a lump when swallowing
• Frequent belching
• Throat irritation, chest discomfort, burning sensation on the tongue
• Frequent burping, regurgitation of partially digested food with sour or bitter taste in the throat
• Nausea, vomiting
• Diarrhea, constipation, bloating, abdominal discomfort, abdominal distension, abdominal cramps, undigested food, enlarged abdomen
• Yellow eyes, yellowish skin
• Hepatitis, vaccination for hepatitis A or B virus
• Endoscopic placement of a nasogastric feeding tube
• Enlarged liver, hard liver, enlarged spleen
• Gastrointestinal cancer, stomach ulcer, liver cancer, bile duct cancer, soft pancreas, intestines
• Screening for gastrointestinal cancer
• Family history of gastrointestinal cancer
• Benign tumors in the intestines
• Polyps in the gallbladder, bile ducts, inflamed gallbladder
• Loss of appetite, weight loss
• Anemia due to iron deficiency
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Accumulation of fat, adhesions, or cysts in the liver
• Ascites, fluid in the abdominal cavity
• Gastrointestinal parasites
• Twisted intestines
• Palpable abdominal masses
• Swallowing foreign objects into the esophagus, stomach foreign body
• Severe diarrhea, fatigue, severe abdominal pain
• Vomiting blood, passing bloody stools, or passing black, foul-smelling stools
• Acid or alkaline ingestion, toilet cleaner ingestion
• Narrowing of the intestines