General Information
General Information
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, Bangkok Hatyai Hospital provides medical care, medical diagnosis and medical treatment with our specialists and state of the art equipment together with a large pool of medical information. The symptom indicates that the patient is needed to see a medical doctor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology including:
• Abdominal pain
• Feeling of sore throat and chest pain when swallowing and having oral thrush
• Swallowing difficulty and feeling of food stuck in the throat
• Feeling of having a mass in a throat or having a mass stuck while swallowing
• Frequent hiccups
• Burning throat, chest, epigastric
• Frequent belching, regurgitation, sour gastric juice or feeling of bitter taste in the throat
• Nausea and vomiting
• Diarrhea, constipation, distension, heartburn, indigestion and abdominal distension
• Jaundice
• Hepatitis and vaccination against hepatitis A or B
• Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
• Hepatomegaly, Liver cirrhosis and Splenomegaly
• Esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer
• Screening for gastrointestinal cancer
• Family member used to have gastrointestinal cancer
• Intestinal polyps tumors
• Stones in gallbladder, bile duct, cholecystitis
• Anorexia and weight loss
• Anemia due to iron deficiency
• Peptic ulcer
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Fatty liver disease
• Ascites
• Gastrointestinal parasites
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Mass has been found in the abdomen
• Swallow foreign body in esophagus and stomach
• Diarrhea, fatigue and severe abdominal pain
• Hematemesis, hematochezia or black stool with oder
• Swallow acid, alkali and bathroom cleaning liquid solution
• Intestinal stenosis
Services
Our services
Our state of the art technologies of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center includes
• Ultrasound abdomen
• Examine esophagus, stomach and large intestine by swallow Barium/ barium enema (Barium Study)
• Computed tomography of the abdomen (CT Abdomen)
• Examine abdomen by using Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI Abdomen)
• Endoscopy for the diagnosis of diseases of the esophagus, gastric and duodenal : Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
• Endoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer (colonoscopy)
• Endoscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of sigmoid colon disease and hemorrhoid (Sigmoidoscopy)
• Anatomy check-up for bile duct and pancreatic duct by using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) or ultra sound through endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic examination and treatment of biliary tract and the pancreatic duct by using Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
• Removal of small tumor in stomach, duodenum, colon through gastrointestinal endoscopy to prevent cancerous mutations
• Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement (PEG) to avoid major
operation
• Treatment for hemorrhage or prevent from hemorrhage due to esophageal varices and vasculitis in stomach by constriction or injection of varicose veins via endoscopy (Endoscopic variceal ligation : EVL, Endoscopic sclerosing therapy : EST)
• Endoscopic treatment for gastrointestinal bleeding by stop bleeding via endoscopy to avoid major surgery
• Detection of bacterial pathogens of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in stomach by using Urea breath test (13C-UBT )
• Video capsule endoscopy : VCE
• Enteroscopy
• Screening of polyps, tumors and colon cancer by computer x-ray (CTC : CT colonoscopy หรือ Virtual colonoscopy)
• Tumors and colorectal cancer screening by Fecal imminochemical test : FIT
• Diagnosis of liver disease with complete liver test program
• Diagnosis of liver tumors by Percutaneous liver biopsy
• Measuring the stiffness of liver (Fibro scan)
Medical Specialist
Pic & Vdo
Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center open
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8.00 น. - 19.00 น.
Wednesday , Friday 8.00 น. - 17.00 น.
Saturday 08.00 น. - 12.00 น.