Expert Pediatric Gastroenterology Care
You’ve been trying to manage your kid’s food intake since the day you piloted your first baby spoon. But getting nutritious food into their system can feel laborious when your child is experiencing intestinal distress. Whether it’s a common food allergy or something more serious, you can trust the team of pediatric gastroenterologists at AdventHealth to address the problem with unparalleled expertise and compassion.
We focus on whole-person care, which means we're here to shepherd you and your child through the healing process, from diagnosing gastrointestinal disorders in children to treatment and all the days that follow. Our mission is to provide care that heals your child's body and information that eases your mind. All in a kid-friendly environment that calms your child and lifts your spirit.
Caring for Your Child's Digestive Health
- Quick Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Disorders in Children
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You hear your child cry out and you know instantly whether it's an emergency or if they're just having a fussy or frustrating moment. You've honed your diagnostic skills to a T, and so have we. The tests we use to decipher pediatric gastrointestinal disorders include:
- Anorectal Manometry
- Barium X-Ray (Barium Enema or Small Bowel Series)
- Blood Tests
- Breath Hydrogen Analysis to Detect Sugar Malabsorption
- Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy
- Esophageal Manometry/Impedance-pH Monitoring
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Video Capsule Endoscopy (VCE)
We know that waiting for a diagnosis can be stressful, especially when you're the parent of a sick child. Our goal is to get your child's test results to you as quickly as possible, so we can begin to heal what's wrong and get you all back to enjoying a happy, pain-free life.
- Pediatric Gastrointestinal Conditions We Treat
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Your kid's abdominal pain could be a sneaky ruse to get out of eating that green thing you just put on his plate. Or it could be a mild reaction to something she ate. Upset stomachs are a normal part of life with kids. But sometimes the cause is more serious than an offensive vegetable or a food allergy. Our pediatric gastroenterology team is made up of experienced and specialized experts, which means we have the ready expertise to diagnose and treat a full range of pediatric gastrointestinal disorders and conditions, including:
- Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Constipation
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Chronic Vomiting
- Crohn's Disease/Ulcerative Colitis
- Failure to Thrive
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal Polyps
- Jaundice/Hepatitis
- Liver Diseases
- Nutritional Disorders
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Rectal Bleeding
- Short-Gut Syndrome
- Pediatric Gastroenterology Care Geared to Tinier Tummies
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Although there might be days you'd say otherwise, your child is not just a tiny adult. And your teenager, while mature enough to babysit, is still developing on the inside. Digestive, liver, and nutritional-health issues in children and adolescents can be very different from those in adults. That's why we've assembled a team of pediatric gastroenterologists with expertise in a range of issues, all focused on children. This includes a team of highly respected surgeons who can conduct exacting surgeries utilizing many of the latest techniques and technologies, including robotic and minimally invasive surgeries, which increase the surgeon’s precision while greatly reducing your child’s pain and recovery time. Treatments offered at our network of hospitals and health-care facilities include:
- Biologic Medicine Infusions
- Esophageal Band Ligation
- Nutritional Support Services
- Pain Management
- Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube Placement
- Transplant Medications (Anti-Inflammatory, Biologics)
Children's Health Care You Can Count On
We focus on whole-person care, which means we're here to shepherd you and your child through the healing process, from diagnosing gastrointestinal disorders in children to treatment and all the days that follow. Our mission is to provide care that heals your child's body and information that eases your mind. All in a kid-friendly environment that calms your child and lifts your spirit.