The Gastrointestinal Disease Page is designed to provide general information regarding GI diseases to our patients and other patients looking for information regarding their illnesses. We make every effort to keep this up-to-date and accurate. However, medicine is a rapidly moving knowledge base that is complicated by the fact that there are various opinions regarding diagnosis and treatment. Colorado Center for Digestive Disorders are dedicated to providing accurate information to all visitors of this site. However, this information cannot substitute for a in depth evaluation by you or primary care physician or your gastroenterologist.
The digestive tract is a group of 6 separate but intimately interrelated organ systems designed to absorb nutrients and eliminate metabolized foodstuffs. These organ systems are:
The esophagus
The stomach
The small intestine
The colon
The pancreas
The hepatobiliary tract (liver and bile ducts, including the gall bladder)
These organ systems have individual and interrelated abnormalities that may require different methods to assess and evaluate any particular abnormality.
