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1. Crohn's disease
(Crohn's disease)
... your intestine, between your intestine and skin, or between your intestine and another organ, such as the bladder or vagina. When internal fistulas develop, food may bypass areas of the bowel that are ...
2. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
(Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) )
... such as the bladder or vagina. When internal fistulas develop, food may bypass areas of the bowel that are necessary for absorption. An external fistula can cause continuous drainage of bowel contents ...
3. Gastroparesis
(Gastroparesis)
... surgery, the lower part of the stomach may be stapled or bypassed to help improve stomach emptying. Experimental treatments  Researchers are working on new ways of treating gastroparesis, such as: ...
4. Gallbladder cancer
(Gallbladder cancer)
... in a duct to hold it open or surgically reroute bile ducts around the blockage (biliary bypass). Learning you have any life-threatening illness can be devastating. And coping with a diagnosis of gallbladder ...
5. Type 2 diabetes
(Type 2 diabetes)
... with diabetes, depending on the procedure performed. Surgeries that bypass a portion of the small intestine have more of an effect on blood sugar levels than do other weight-loss surgeries. However, the ...
6. Truncus arteriosus
(Truncus arteriosus)
... lung damage from pulmonary hypertension that results in much of the blood flow bypassing the lungs entirely. A heart-lung transplant is usually the only treatment option. When you contact your baby's ...
7. Difficulty swallowing
(Difficulty swallowing)
... dysphagia, you may need a feeding tube to bypass the part of your swallowing mechanism that isn't working normally. There are things you can try at home that may help ease your symptoms, such as: ...
8. Tricuspid atresia
(Tricuspid atresia)
... opening between the heart's upper chambers (atria) to allow more blood to flow from the right atrium to the left atrium. Shunting. Creating a bypass (shunt) from the main blood vessel leading out ...
9. Thrombophlebitis
(Thrombophlebitis)
... may also be done for cosmetic reasons. After vein stripping, your doctor may recommend that you wear compression stockings as well. Clot removal or bypass. Sometimes, surgery is necessary to remove ...
10. Tetralogy of Fallot
(Tetralogy of Fallot)
... underdeveloped (hypoplastic), doctors will create a bypass (shunt) between the aorta and pulmonary artery. This bypass increases blood flow to the lungs. When your baby is ready for intracardiac repair, ...
11. Kidney stones
(Kidney stones)
... in food. Some fruits and vegetables, as well as nuts and chocolate, have high oxalate levels. Your liver also produces oxalate. Dietary factors, high doses of vitamin D, intestinal bypass surgery and several ...
12. Bile reflux
(Bile reflux)
... damage to the pyloric valve occurs as a complication of gastric surgery, including total removal of the stomach (gastrectomy) and gastric bypass surgery for weight loss. Peptic ulcers. A peptic ...
13. Tachycardia
(Tachycardia)
... electrical pathway from the atria to the ventricles that bypasses the AV node. This may result in a signal going down one pathway and up the other. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is one disorder featuring ...
14. Dumping syndrome
(Dumping syndrome)
Dumping syndrome is a group of symptoms that are most likely to develop if you've had surgery to remove all or part of your stomach, or if your stomach has been surgically bypassed to help lose weight. ...
15. Vocal cord paralysis
(Vocal cord paralysis)
... tube is inserted, allowing air to bypass the immobilized vocal cords. Emerging treatments Linking the vocal cords to an alternative source of electrical stimulation — perhaps a nerve from another part ...
16. Ventricular septal defect
(Ventricular septal defect )
... to the left and bypasses the lungs. This means deoxygenated blood is pumped to the body and leads to a bluish discoloration of the lips, fingers and toes (cyanosis) and other complications. Once a person ...
17. Ventricular fibrillation
(Ventricular fibrillation)
... doctors do first to locate narrowed arteries to the heart. Coronary bypass surgery. Another procedure to improve blood flow is coronary bypass surgery. Bypass surgery involves sewing veins or ...
18. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
(Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome)
... In Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, an extra electrical pathway connects the atria and ventricles. This means that an electrical signal can bypass the AV node. When electrical impulses use this detour through ...
19. Heart Disease
(Heart Disease)
... keep the artery open. Sometimes a more invasive procedure, coronary artery bypass surgery, is necessary. In this procedure, a vein from another part of your body — usually your leg — is used to bypass ...
20. Diabetes
(Diabetes)
... index over 35 may benefit from this type of surgery. People who've undergone gastric bypass have seen significant improvements in their blood sugar levels. However, this procedure's long-terms risks and ...
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