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Necrotizing enterocolitis, also referred to as NEC, is a serious gastrointestinal condition primarily affecting infants that involves inflammation and sometimes infection of the intestines, which can lead to death of the tissue (called necrosis).

A polyp is a small growth of extra tissue that forms from the lining of the intestine. Sometimes there may be no symptoms when the polyp is small.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is inflammation of the lining of the colon. UC is one of the major forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is sometimes hard to determine whether a person has UC or Crohn’s disease, another form of IBD. The colon, or large intestine, makes up the last few feet of the digestive

A hydrogen breath test can evaluate your child for carbohydrate malabsorption.

People with FD may experience heartburn, fullness after a meal or before finishing a meal, nausea after meals, excessive belching, and pain, burning, or bloating in the upper abdomen.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a pain- predominant functional gastrointestinal disorder (p-FGID). p-FGIDs are “disorders of the gut-brain interaction” in which the brain signals and gastrointestinal (GI) tract are miscommunicating. This miscommunication can cause a variety of GI symptoms, with pain being a primary complaint. People with IBS experience chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is a bacterium that is normally present in the body in small numbers. However, disruption of the body’s normal balance of bacteria can allow C. difficile to grow and cause infection, resulting in diarrhea. C. difficile produce a toxin. Therefore, infection with these bacteria causes colitis, or inflammation

Colic is defined as episodes of inconsolable crying and fussiness in infants 1–4 months of age. While fussiness is typical in normally developing infants, those who experience colic have more intense and frequent episodes. Crying occurs without any obvious cause. Fits of crying tend to occur in the late afternoon or evening, but many infants

Crohn’s disease is one of the most common forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is associated with inflammation of the digestive tract. The digestive tract runs from the mouth to the anus and includes the stomach and both small and large intestines. Inflammation can irritate deeper layers of digestive tissue as well as the

Diarrhea is any increase in stooling frequency and/or water content (consistency) that differs from a child’s baseline.