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If Babies Don’t Sleep

If your baby is not sleeping well at night it may just be that they have a poor sleep rhythm and under 6 months of age it may be that they are hungry and need to wake for a feed. A small proportion, approximately 1-5% of infants have regurgitation and…

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Viral Infections

I hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas. Now that we are into the New Year, unfortunately the season is upon us for viral infections, and non-specific virial infections can cause problems for children in a number of ways, in terms of their gut and stomach. Non-specific effects such as…

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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…

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Prof 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…

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Things 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…

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Button Battery Dangers

Watch the video below on the dangers of button batteries and what to do if your child ingests one:

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Professor 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…

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Professor 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…

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Interview 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…

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Button 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

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