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Focus on Coeliac Disease
Coeliac disease is a condition in which the body gets confused between a protein in cereals, called gliadin, and the lining of our own bowel and therefore, in what is called an auto-immune way, the lining of the bowel is attacked by the antibodies in our own blood stream. It happens in more than 1%…
Read MoreProf Mike Thomson’s 30th Anniversary
This month marks 30 years since I have worked at the Portland Hospital in Private Paediatric Gastroenterology, looking after all types of problems from the simple to the complex, for children with gastro-intestinal disorders, nutrition problems and liver problems. I have also worked with my Practice Manager, Kate, for 28 of those years, which has…
Read MoreThings That Summer Can Bring to Children From the GI Perspective!
Hay fever season is particularly noted for worsening allergic conditions involving the oesophagus, defined as eosinophilic oesophagitis, which is a bit like eczema of the oesophagus. This classically presents with reflux-type symptoms or sometimes swallowing difficulties, especially for solid food. If this happens then it is best to see a doctor, and with the swallowing…
Read MoreButton Battery Dangers
Watch the video below on the dangers of button batteries and what to do if your child ingests one:
Read MoreProfessor Thomson attends the European Annual Paediatric Gastroenterology Meeting in Helsinki
May was highlighted by Professor Thomson attending the European Annual Paediatric Gastroenterology Meeting in Helsinki, where he was stepping down as the Chair of the European Paediatric Endoscopy Committee. The Society was kind enough to give him a personalised award and a look back at his endoscopy training career. Read the June 25 Newsletter here
Read MoreProfessor Thomson is lecturing at the Annual European Meeting in Helsinki
Professor Thomson is lecturing at the Annual European Meeting in Helsinki at the beginning of May on a development which is now feasible to treat appendicitis by using a colonoscope rather than an operation and this is being done now in quite a lot of children outside the UK, and is something we are looking…
Read MoreInterview with Prof Thomson
Listen to the following ESPGHAN Spotify Podcast link where Prof Thomson discusses interventional endoscopy with Dr. Alex Knisely. https://open.spotify.com/episode/79q4PmKA1WfPGxmVDnjdCX ‘Dr. Alex Knisely is talking today to Dr. Mike Thomson of Sheffield (England), a gastroenterologist whose true love is endoscopy – interventional endoscopy. Mike has contributed substantially to systematising approaches to upper endoscopy in the setting…
Read MoreButton batteries are life threatening when swallowed by toddlers and young children
Button batteries are life threatening when swallowed by toddlers and young children – contact medical help immediately and go to hospital if this occurs – see video
Read MoreProfessor Mike Thomson Facebook Question and Answer session
Professor Mike Thomson took part in a Live Facebook Question and Answer session in association with London Medical Concierge. Watch the video here.
Read MoreThe Need for Endoscopy in Children
I have just published an article in Nature reviews of gastroenterology and hepatology which examines the need for endoscopy in children, including upper GI endoscopy and ileo-colonoscopy. The diagnostic positive yield, or another way of putting it is the number of children who have endoscopy in whom positive results are found, varies in different studies,…
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