A toddler with persistent diarrhoea, a school-age child with recurrent abdominal pain that keeps them home from school, a teenager with inflammatory bowel disease navigating a condition that will be with them for the rest of their life. These presentations all fall within paediatric gastroenterology, but each requires a completely different clinical approach.
The conditions affecting the gut and liver in children differ from adult gastrointestinal disease not just in scale but in kind. Coeliac disease presents differently in a two-year-old than in a twelve-year-old. Hirschsprung disease does not exist in adults. Neonatal cholestasis is a clinical emergency that has no adult equivalent.
At KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, paediatric gastroenterology Electronic City Bengaluru provides specialist assessment and management of digestive, nutritional, and liver conditions in children from newborns through to adolescence, with access to advanced endoscopic procedures performed in a child-appropriate setting.
Gastrointestinal Conditions We Manage
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
The most frequent challenges in early childhood gastroenterology. It is different from normal infant reflux, which is common and self-limiting, and pathological reflux requiring treatment. Our team assesses both infants and older children, identifying those who require intervention and those who simply need reassurance and time.
Chronic abdominal pain
The most common gastrointestinal problem in school-age children, including irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, and abdominal migraine. Organic causes include coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, and Helicobacter pylori infection. A systematic approach to assessment other than organic causes before attributing symptoms to functional disease, guides our management.
Inflammatory bowel disease
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children require management that goes beyond medication choices to encompass growth monitoring, nutritional support, pubertal development, and the psychological impact of a chronic condition on a developing child.
Our paediatric hepatology South Bengaluru and gastroenterology team manages paediatric IBD with exclusive enteral nutrition as a primary treatment for Crohn's disease and structured monitoring of growth and development alongside medical management.
Coeliac disease
Serology and endoscopic biopsy help in diagnosing this condition. It requires excluding gluten from the diet. Nutritional monitoring is also important to prevent deficiencies including iron, folate, and vitamin D.
Constipation and faecal incontinence
It is among the most common and most undertreated conditions in paediatric gastroenterology. Our structured approach combines dietary, behavioural, and medical management in a way that is practical for families to maintain over the months of treatment that these conditions typically require.
Eosinophilic oesophagitis
It is the main cause of swallowing difficulties, food impaction, and reflux symptoms in children. It requires endoscopic biopsy for diagnosis and either dietary elimination or medical management.
Intestinal failure and short bowel syndrome
Some children require parenteral nutrition and specialist nutritional rehabilitation. Our team coordinates the complex nutritional and medical management for these conditions.
Liver and Hepatology Conditions
Our child liver specialist Electronic City manages the full range of paediatric hepatic conditions:
Neonatal jaundice and cholestasis, as prolonged jaundice in newborns requires systematic investigation to identify and treat conditions including biliary atresia, which is a surgical emergency where outcomes depend on the age at which the Kasai procedure is performed, neonatal hepatitis, and metabolic liver disease.
Autoimmune liver disease, including autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis, requires immunosuppressive management and long-term monitoring.
Metabolic liver diseases, including Wilson's disease, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and fatty liver disease associated with obesity, which is increasingly common in Indian children.
Liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension require management of complications and preparation for transplantation in children with progressive liver disease.
Advanced Endoscopic Procedures
Our children's digestive care Electronic City performs the full range of endoscopic procedures in children, using equipment sized for paediatric anatomy and performed under appropriate anaesthesia:
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy
- Endoscopic biopsy for diagnosis of mucosal conditions
- Variceal band ligation and sclerotherapy for portal hypertension
- Oesophageal dilatation
- Foreign body removal
- Colonoscopic polypectomy
Nutritional Assessment and Support
Nutritional status is closely connected to gastrointestinal and liver health in children, and our team integrates nutritional assessment into every management plan, working directly with our paediatric nutrition team at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City to ensure that growth and nutritional recovery are addressed alongside the primary condition.
Why Choose KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City
Paediatric gastroenterology and hepatology require a team combining clinical expertise with advanced endoscopic technology used safely in children. At KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, our team operates within a fully integrated children's hospital with direct access to paediatric surgery, nutrition, pathology, and radiology.
Book a Consultation
If your child requires specialist assessment for a digestive, nutritional, or liver condition, our team at KIMS Cuddles at KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City can help. Book an appointment online or by phone.
