Women's Center for GI Health: Specialized Care for Women
Our Mission: To improve the health and longevity of women's lives though high-quality, compassionate, and dedicated digestive care. The Cary Gastro Women's Center For GI Health is part of the premiere private GI practice providing professional digestive care to the Cary, Raleigh, and Triangle. Our focus is to provide high-quality, compassionate and dedicated digestive care through all the seasons of a woman's life.
Unique Digestive Health Needs of Women
Care at the Women’s Center For GI Health is based on the fact that the gastrointestinal health of women is unique. While the digestive tracts of women and men serve the same basic function, women experience gastrointestinal symptoms and issues related to hormonal changes, pregnancy, and stress. Additionally, certain GI diseases occur more frequently in women, and some medications used to treat gastrointestinal disorders are processed differently by the female body.
Privacy and Compassionate Communication
Your Privacy Is Important: Many women experience digestive health issues that negatively impact their lives, but are too embarrassed to discuss them with their physicians. Our Women’s Center is a setting where discussing intimate issues with your female physician is comfortable and not rushed. Communication is the basis for accurately and effectively diagnosing and treating many GI health issues. With an all-female staff, gender specific, compassionate care and open communication are the standard.
Our Experienced Physicians
Drs. Abichandani, Malhotra, and Miller are experienced and skilled gastroenterologists with a special interest in women's health. They treat digestive disorders that uniquely affect women, approaching sensitive topics from a female perspective. Dr. Miller and Dr. Malhotra both have a special interest in women’s health, and are able to approach sensitive topics from the female perspective.
Digestive Disorders Often Affecting Women
You know better than anyone how your body generally works and what’s normal for you, so it’s important to pay attention to changes and recognize when something unusual persists or starts to interfere with your daily life. Since many conditions of the digestive tract share symptoms, it’s important to be diagnosed by an experienced gastroenterologist. Following are a few of the conditions that can affect your GI tract:
- Bloating
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallstones
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER & GERD)
- Hemorrhoids
- Hiatal Hernia
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Lactose Intolerance
- Microscopic Colitis
- Pancreatitis
- Pregnancy And The GI Tract
- Smoking And The GI Tract
Diagnostic and Treatment Services
We offer the following procedures for both diagnosis and treatment of a variety of GI conditions. These state-of-the art procedures can help us accurately diagnose and treat any gastrointestinal issue that may currently be affecting your optimum health:
- Anorectal Manometry
- Colonoscopy
- Esophageal Dilation
- Esophageal Manometry
- Esophageal pH/Impedance Testing
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- H. pylori Breath Testing
- Hemorrhoid Banding Ligation
- Hydrogen Breath Testing
- Upper GI Endoscopy
- Video Capsule Endoscopy
Overview of Specialized Care
| Category | Details of Care |
|---|---|
| Mission | To improve the health and longevity of women's lives. |
| Approach | Compassionate care though all the seasons of a woman's life. |
| Team | All-female staff including Drs. Abichandani, Malhotra, and Miller. |
| Key Focus | Hormonal changes, pregnancy, and stress-related GI issues. |