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Find a GI specialist. Some sensitive medical concerns – like those involving your gastrointestinal tract – may need more specific care than your primary care doctor typically provides. You'll usually be referred to a gastroenterologist – a stomach doctor – by your primary care doctor.

The digestive disorders and issues that a gastroenterologist treats include: Unexplained changes in bowel habits, including diarrhea, constipation and blood in the stool. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Heartburn.

This can happen in the following ways: your GP can book it while you're at the surgery. you can book it online using the appointment request letter your GP gives you. you can phone the NHS e-Referral Service line on 0345 608 8888 (open Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm, and on weekends and bank holidays from 8am to 4pm)

What Does a Gastroenterologist Do? Gastroenterologists diagnose and treat digestive disorders including liver disease, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, and cancers. Typically, the gastroenterologist starts by learning about your symptoms and doing an exam to find out if they can see, hear, or feel anything unusual.

GI stands for gastrointestinal, and GI doctors are gastroenterologists. They specialize in treating and preventing diseases in your gastrointestinal or digestive tract. GI doctors take care of any or all the organs involved in digestion, absorption, and elimination of waste. Your GI tract is very complex.

A gastroenterologist is a specialist in gastrointestinal diseases. Gastroenterologists treat all the organs in your digestive system, including your GI tract (esophagus, stomach and intestines) and biliary organs (your liver, bile ducts, pancreas and gallbladder.)