Dr Sarmed Sami is one of the most famous and best consultants in Gastroenterologist London. He has done his expertisation in heartburn, barrettes oesophagus, oesophagal disorders, eosinophilic oesophagitis.
His medical sciences faculty comes in the worlds top ten medical faculties. He worked in Mayo Clinic Rochester, which is ranked as the number one hospital in the world.
He also trains graduate and postgraduate students as it is his passion. He looks after problems and symptoms like :
- Inflammatory Bowel disease
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Chest pain
- Difficulty Swallowing
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
As Dr Sarmed Sami is one of the prominent Gastroenterologist London, he has made a lot of achievements, and some of they are mentioned below:
Achievements:-
- Cook Medical Marsha Dreyer Award
- British Society of Gastroenterology Award
- Training Award from American College of Gastrology
- Fellows in Training Award
Signs you need to see a Gastroenterologist:-
- When you are experiencing constant diarrhoea:
It is the opposite of constipation, and the bowel movements are not solid and watery stools pass.
- Consistent heartburn:
It is a sign of some serious issue like acid reflux.
- When you are experiencing constipation:
It means that there is a severe digestive issue in the stomach.
- When you have gallstones:
These are the hardened deposits that get accumulated in the gall bladder and at times causes severe pain.
- When your diet is causing bloating:
It is caused due to bad eating habits.
- Blood in stool:
If you are observing rectal bleeding or there is blood coming from your stool, you should not ignore it as it is a severe issue.
Conditions:-
- Achalasia:
It affects the food pipe, and most individuals find difficulties in drinking and swallow food.
- Burning Mouth Syndrome:
A burning sensation occurs in the lips, including the tongue and everywhere in the mouth, which provides many discomforts.
- Endometriosis:
It is a disorder in which cells that are present in the uterus grows somewhere else. Its symptoms are painful periods, bladder related problems.
- Gastritis:
It is a disorder in which the lining of the stomach becomes red. The most common example of this is bacterial infections.
- Oesophagal cancer:
Cancer occurs from throat to stomach pipe. Its symptoms are chronic chest pain, excessive weight loss, coughing, hoarseness.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
This chronic condition involves inflammation in the digestive tract.
For the best results, Dr Sami thoroughly analyse the patient’s problems by testing. There are several tests done according to the problem. Some of them are:-
- Abdominal Scans
- Blood test
- Stool test
- Bowel Cancer screening
- Barium swallow
- Endoscopy: Gastroscopy
- Endoscopy: Colonoscopy
- High-resolution oesophagal nanometer
- Videofluoroscopy
- Laryngoscopeopy
- 24 hour Ph impedance test
- 96 hour Ph capsule
For more details, check this video:
Author: Dr. Sarmed Sami MBChB, MRCP, PGCME, PhD
Consultant Gastroenterologist, Founder and Director of Digestive Health UK.