Pediatric Nursing and Healthcare

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Pediatric gastroenterology is the part of medicine that deals with the diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Sensitivities of gastrointestinal nourishment are normal in new-conceived child. These conditions may persist during childbirth or at a later stage as the child grows. Common examples include hypersensitivities, colitis, anorexia and bulimia, celiac diseases, Cohn's illness, diarrhea, gluten sensitivity, irritable bowel syndrome and other related digestive and elimination problems. The diseases related to pediatric gastroenterology are gastritis, persistent arcades and problems with the improvement of the gastric tract. Pediatric gastroenterology has fatten greatly in North America and Europe. It began with the speciality of pediatrics, which was developed along with children’s hospitals in the 19th century. The concept of specialists who are concentrating on organ specific specialties started around the same time. A person who is contributed to the development of the specialty is Dr. Samuel Gee in London with his focus on serious clinical conditions in children like celiac disease and cyclic vomiting syndrome. The first national gastrointestinal society has created in Germany in 1920 by Ismar Isidor Boas. He was the only first physician devoted completely to only gastroenterology. Margot Shiner, who in 1956 invented a biopsy tube that could be used to diagnose intestinal disease in children, particularly celiac disease, which has been credited with initiating the emergency of pediatric gastroenterology as a distinct clinical specialty.