Dealing with Digestive Problems

Each year, 62 million Americans—one out of every four—are affected by some form of digestive disease. Throughout the Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare system, patients have access to board-certified specialists, state-of-the-art technology and educational and preventive services to diagnose and treat a variety of digestive diseases.

Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology is a specialty of internal medicine focusing on the diseases of the digestive tract and the liver. The expert and experienced gastroenterologists at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare are trained to assess and treat all diseases of the digestive tract. These include common ailments such as:

• Abdominal pain
• Crohn’s disease
• Colon-related diseases
• constipation and diarrhea
• heartburn
• gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• gastroparesis
• hemorrhoids
• hepatitis
• hepatic disorders
• nausea/vomiting
• pancreatitis
• ulcers
• ulcerative colitis

Gastroenterologists also perform endoscopic procedures including esophagogastroscopy (EGD), therapeutic ERCP, esophageal motility and “pillcam” video endoscopy. These physicians are also experts in performing colonoscopy for the detection of colon cancer and polyps.

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints Endoscopy Services performs approximately 10,000 procedures a year which include:

• Upper endoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Therapeutic ERCP
• Endoscopic ultrasonography
• Pancreatic and biliary motility studies
• Esophageal motility

Our Locations
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Elmbrook Memorial
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - St. Joseph
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - St. Francis

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - All Saints 3801 Spring Street
Racine, WI 53405
(262) 687-4011

For more information, please contact Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints Diabetes Self-Management Education Program at (262) 687-6345.