Gaucher disease is a rare genetic disorder passed down from parents to children (inherited). When you have Gaucher disease, you are missing an enzyme that breaks down fatty substances called lipids. Lipids start to build up in certain organs, such as your spleen and liver.

Your pancreas plays a major role in digestion. It is located inside your abdomen, just behind your stomach, and it is about the size of your hand.

Mesenteric ischemia is decreased or blocked blood flow to your intestine.

The large intestine is 1 of the many important parts of your digestive tract. This is a series of organs that begins with your mouth and ends with your anus, the opening of your rectum.

A traumatic brain injury is caused by a blow to or penetration of the head resulting in brain damage. Read on to learn about diagnosis, symptoms, and treatment.

Your esophagus has 1 main purpose: to move food from your throat to your stomach. Here's how it works.

The right specialist or healthcare team can help you manage long-term or chronic digestive conditions, such as GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, and Crohn's disease.

Digestion is a multistep process that begins the moment you place a piece of food in your mouth or sip some juice.

Pancreatitis is an inflamed, swollen and irritated. If you don't recover from an acute pancreatitis attack, the inflammation gets gradually worse, you have chronic pancreatitis.

In blind loop syndrome, food is not able to follow the normal digestive route. Instead, it bypasses a section of your intestine.