Digestive Health Archive

A low sodium result can have several explanations, and the clues often come from your medications, fluid balance, and overall health.

A common heartburn treatment may interact with an important heart medicine. Find out what to watch for and which options doctors may consider instead.

Discover what bilirubin is, why levels rise on blood tests, and how liver, bile ducts, or red blood cells can each play a role in hyperbilirubinemia.

Many people live with both IBS and fibromyalgia, facing gut issues plus ongoing pain and fatigue. Doctors suspect a connection, but it’s not yet clear how the two are linked.

Recovering from diverticulitis and unsure about fruits and veggies? See how your diet should change short term and what to focus on long term.

Longtime guidance about skipping nuts, seeds, and popcorn after diverticulitis is being challenged. Learn what newer research suggests about your diet.

Back and pelvic pain in people with Crohn’s can signal sacroiliitis or other joint inflammation. Learn how doctors sort this out from routine back strain.

Pain from gallstones (hardened, stonelike lumps of bile or other digestive fluids that block bile ducts) usually occurs in a distinct pattern. Gallstone attacks typically provoke steady, intense pain in the upper right abdomen that can radiate to the shoulder or back.

An elevated lymphocyte count usually indicates a simple viral illness. Less often, it could indicate a blood cancer. How the number is calculated shapes what it may mean.

Lactose trouble that appears in midlife—plus growing sensitivities to other foods—can hint at changes in the small intestine that warrant a doctor's look.