Medical Degree Program in China - Digestive Medicine
1. Introduction
Digestion covers digestive medicine and digestive surgery; it is a clinical program to diagnosis and treat diseases of the digestive system. Treat diseases include the diseases of esophagus, stomach, intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, peritoneum, mesenteric, the omentum and other organs.
2. Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is a clinical discipline studying the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder and pancreas and other diseases. There are many kinds of diseases in digestive medicine and the medical knowledge is wide; the operation is complex and precise.
3. Common Diseases
Gastric esophageal anti reflux disease, esophageal cancer, gastritis and digestive ulcer, gastric cancer, inflammation bowel disease, colorectal cancer, functional gastrointestinal disorders, chronic diarrhea, enteritis, intestinal tuberculosis, hepatitis, alcohol liver disease, cirrhosis, primary hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic encephalopathy, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, digestive tract bleeding.
4. Disease Manifestations
Nausea, vomiting, belching, acid regurgitation, hiccup, burning or heartburn, loss of appetite, difficulty swallowing, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, abdominal mass, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, ascites, constipation, hematemesis, hematochezia, melena, jaundice, hepatic hypoglycemia, hepatic diabetes.
5. Inspection Methods
Laboratory general examination, esophageal gastrointestinal function test, liver function tests, liver disease and disseminated intravascular coagulation, digestive system X-ray, radionuclide, gastroscopy, duodenoscopy, enteroscopy, large intestine endoscopy and laparoscopy and Choledochoscopy, B ultrasound, digestive tract endoscopic ultrasonography, CT, MRI, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
6. Physician Qualification
To digestive medicine physician can receive the cultivation after obtaining the qualification of internal medicine specialist physician (or after the standardized training of internal medicine residents). Training period of digestive medicine physicians is 3 years.
