Stomach, bowel and bladder
Problems with stomach, bowel and bladder can limit your everyday freedom. Let us help you explore the options available to repair or minimise your issues and regain the confidence to live the life you love.
Healthy eating is the best way to ensure the continued health of your stomach and bowels. Hernias are a common complaint, and can be treated through general surgery. If you do have problems with your bowel a colonoscopy can often be employed to diagnose. Recovery from any surgery in this area can benefit from guided physiotherapy and tailored exercise programs.
Fight urinary incontinence with pelvic floor exercises
A strong pelvic floor can be the key to preventing, improving or curing urinary stress incontinence – as well as a range of other women’s health issues. Rachel Bromley demonstrates simple exercises you can do to help take back control of your bladder.
As many as 1 in 3 women experience urinary 'stress' incontinence (USI) urinary 'stress' incontinence (USI) a type of incontinence often caused by damage to - or the weakening of - the . Weak pelvic floor muscles and urinary sphincters simply aren’t strong enough to prevent urine from leaking when your bladder is under stress, for example – when you sneeze, cough, or exercise.
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Symptoms
Whatever your symptoms you should see your GP for a proper diagnosis. Some common symptoms:
- Abdominal pain
- Altered bowel habits
- Pelvic pain
- Urinary tract symptoms
- Abdominal problems
- Abdominal swelling
- Altered bowel habits
- Blood in urine (haematuria)
- Constipation
- Diarrhoea
- Epigastric pain
- Haematemesis (vomiting blood)
- Indigestion (Dyspepsia)
- Loin pain
- Loss of bladder and bowel control
- Melaena
- Nausea and vomiting
- Pelvic pain
- Urinary tract symptoms
- Vomiting
Conditions
Some common conditions and diseases that could match your symptoms:
- Bowel Obstruction
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Pelvic floor dysfuntion
- Stomach ulcer
- Anal abscess
- Anal fistula
- Anal tear (or anal fissure)
- Anus and rectum
- Bowel (Faecal) Incontinence
- Bowel cancer
- Crohn's disease
- Cholecystitis
- Coeliac disease
- Diverticulitis
- Femoral hernia
- Gallstones
- Gastric Ulceration
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GORD)
- Groin hernia (or inguinal hernia)
- Haemorrhoids
- Hepatobiliary Disease
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Kidney stones (or renal stones)
- Metabolic disease
- Liver disease
- Oesophageal stricture
- Oesophageal varicies
- Oesophagitis
- Pancreatic disease
- Pancreaticobiliary disease
- Pancreatitis
- Perforated bowel
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Rectal prolapse
- Recurrent femoral hernia
- Recurrent inguinal hernia
- Stomach cancer (gastric cancer)
- Ulcerative colitis
- Genital warts (or anogenital warts)
- Appendicitis
- Bile duct cancer
- Bladder Prolapse
- Bowel cancer
- Colon cancer
- Disorders of the urinary tract
- Duodenal ulcer
- Dysphagia (swallowing problems)
- Interstitial cystitis
- Kidney tumours (including cryoablation)
- Lower urinary tract infections (UTI)
- Oesophageal cancer
- Barrett's Oesophagus
- Pilonidal Sinus
- Prolapsed stoma
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate problems
- Raised PSA
- Upper gastrointestinal cancer
- Urethral strictures
- Urinary incontinence
- Urinary infections
- Voiding Disorders
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhoea
Tests and scans
We offer a range of tests and scans to help understand your needs. Some key tests and scans include:
- Colonoscopy
- Diagnostic endoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Barium Meal or Enema
- Liver function tests
- Blood test
- Capsule endoscopy of the small bowel
- Colorectal Screening (Bowel Cancer Screening)
- Cytology
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatogram (or ERCP)
- Gastrointestinal radiology
- Larynx diagnostic endoscopy (or laryngoscopy)
- Liver biopsy
- PH monitoring (24 hour)
- Rectal examination under anaesthetic (EUA)
- Therapeutic Endoscopy
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Treatments
Getting treated as soon as possible can be easy. Some key treatments and procedures include:
- Laparoscopic groin hernia repair
- Laparoscopic reflux surgery (fundoplication)
- Prostate surgery
- Pelvic floor repair
- Abdominal adhesion surgery
- Abdominoperineal resection
- Anterior resection surgery
- Appendicectomy
- Bile duct resection
- Biliary drainage
- Gallbladder removal (Cholecystectomy)
- Colorectal surgery
- Endoscopic kidney stone treatment
- Epididymal surgery
- Haemorrhoidectomy (piles removal surgery)
- Hernia repair
- Hernia unilateral
- Ileal pouch anal anastomosis
- Ileostomy
- Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
- Incisional hernia repair
- Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
- Laparoscopic urology
- Liver resection
- Pelvic floor repair
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
- Polypectomy
- Prostate laser treatment
- Prostate resection (TURP)
- Restorative proctocolectomy
- Rectopexy
- Splenectomy
- Stapled haemorrhoidopexy
- Stapled transanal rectal resection (STARR)
- Stoma surgery
- Transanal haemorrhoid dearterialisation (THD)