Iron in GI conditions

A normal iron level is important to make healthy red blood cells and to help support your quality of life with digestive conditions.

Ostomy

Graphic depicting a loop ostomy, end ostomy and other ostomy types.

An ostomy is an opening in your stomach that is made by surgery to let solid or liquid waste leave your body.

Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia that happens when you don’t have enough iron to make healthy red blood cells.

Endoscopia (GI superior)

Upper GI Endoscopy

La endoscopia digestiva superior es un procedimiento para ver el tracto digestivo superior, que incluye el esófago, el estómago y el principio del intestino delgado.

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy

A colonoscopy is a procedure performed by a doctor called a gastroenterologist, who uses a colonoscope to look inside the colon and check for diseases like cancer or colitis.

Gluten-free diet: nutritional value

A nutritious gluten-free diet can help correct and prevent nutrient deficiencies that may occur in celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity.

Gluten: reading a label

For people with celiac disease, knowing how to read ingredient labels is essential to avoid gluten in foods, beverages and medicines.