๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Interactive Visualization Digestion โ€” send a meal down the tract Watch enzymes and acid break carbs, protein and fat into absorbable units, with a pH meter that shifts from stomach to intestine. Launch → ๐Ÿซ— Interactive Visualization Bile Acids โ€” emulsify a fatty meal yourself Eat a fatty meal and watch bile squirt from the gallbladder to emulsify the fat into droplets lipase can attack โ€” then block the bile and watch the fat, and vitamins A, D, E and K, go straight through. Launch → ใ€ฐ๏ธ Interactive Visualization Peristalsis โ€” push food with a muscle wave Push a bolus down the gut with a contract-behind, relax-ahead muscle wave run by the gut's own 500-million-neuron brain โ€” then switch to mixing, the housekeeper wave, or a stalled diabetic stomach. Launch → ๐Ÿ”— Interactive Visualization The Gut-Brain Axis โ€” hear the gut talk to the brain Follow the vagus nerve carrying signals up from your gut, the gut making most of your serotonin, and the microbiome shaping mood โ€” then flip it and watch stress disrupt the gut. Launch → โš—๏ธ Interactive Visualization The Exocrine Pancreas โ€” pour the digestive enzymes Pour amylase, lipase and protease plus bicarbonate into the gut to digest a meal โ€” then block the duct with a gallstone and watch the enzymes switch on inside and digest the pancreas itself. Launch → ๐Ÿคข Interactive Visualization Nausea & Vomiting โ€” fire the body's eject reflex Watch four alarm lines โ€” the gut, a blood-sampling brain zone, the inner ear and the mind โ€” converge on the vomiting centre and fire the eject reflex, then calm each with its matching anti-sickness drug. Launch →

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Conditions

Deep dives — Celiac Disease: Serology: tTG, DGP, EMA · HLA-DQ2 / DQ8 Genetic Testing · Endoscopy, Biopsy & Marsh Staging · Gluten-Free Diet Practical Guide · Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity · Refractory Celiac & EATL · Nutritional Deficiencies & Bone Health · Associated Autoimmune Conditions

Deep dives — Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn's vs Ulcerative Colitis: Key Differences · Diagnostic Workup: Calprotectin, Colonoscopy, MRE · Biologics: TNF, IL-23 & Integrin Inhibitors · JAK Inhibitors & S1P Modulators · Diet: SCD & Mediterranean · Surgery: Resection, J-Pouch, Ostomy · Extraintestinal Manifestations · Fatigue, Anemia & Nutrient Deficiencies · Pregnancy & IBD

Deep dives — Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Rome IV Subtypes (IBS-C/D/M/U) · Low-FODMAP Diet · Visceral Hypersensitivity & Brain-Gut Axis · IBS & SIBO Overlap · Post-Infectious IBS · IBS Medications Guide · Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy & CBT · Peppermint, Probiotics & Herbals

Deep dives — SIBO: gas subtypes · breath testing · low-FODMAP · elemental diet · rifaximin · herbal antimicrobials · prokinetics & relapse prevention · root causes

Gastroenterology focuses on the digestive system, including the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, and gallbladder.


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