Norton Children’s offers pediatric gastroenterology services for infants, children and teens. Our board-certified pediatric gastroenterologists provide gastrointestinal (GI) care and treat disorders of the intestinal tract, liver and pancreas, as well as nutritional issues.

Gastroenterology conditions we treat

• Acute/chronic liver disease
• Celiac disease (gluten intolerance)
• Chronic diarrhea
• Constipation
• Crohn’s disease
• Encopresis, a condition in which impacted stool in the colon and rectum leads to soiling underwear
• Eosinophilic esophagitis
• Failure to thrive (failure to gain weight)
• Gallstones
• Gastritis
• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Gastroparesis, a condition in which the stomach is not able to empty properly
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Pancreatitis (acute and chronic)
• Pancreatic insufficiency, a condition in which the pancreas doesn’t make enough fluids for digestion
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Severe constipation
• Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
• Ulcerative colitis

Gastroenterology tests and procedures

• 24-hour pH studies
• Anorectal manometry
• Breath tests
• Diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy and capsule endoscopy)
• Esophageal manometry
• Esophageal pH monitoring/Impedance with pH testing
• GI manometry (antroduodenal, colonic and anorectal)
• Percutaneous liver biopsy
• Rectal suction biopsy