Gastroenterology Specialist in Kolkata Introduces Integrative Treatment for Comprehensive Care

2024-05-05 11:46:03 Health and Fitness

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In a concerted effort to introduce high standards of gastroenterological care in Kolkata, Livgastro gastroenterology clinics in Beleghata have endorsed integrative treatment for a wide range of liver, kidney, and intestine problems. This is a new and advanced method of combining traditional medical expertise with complementary therapies. The main objective behind this treatment module is to address the root causes of gastrointestinal issues while promoting overall well-being and long-term health.

"We have adapted American methodologies for integrative treatment, where we deeply emphasise complete wellness. With our traditional radiology, pharmacology, and surgical treatments, we deeply combine lifestyle management, diet & nutrition, and alternative medicine to help patients overcome ongoing illnesses from the root and prevent a recurrence,ï¿½ said Dr. Vijay Rai, a gastroenterology specialist in Kolkata and founder of Liv Gastro.

Rather than treating symptoms, integrative GI treatment focuses on addressing the underlying cause of imbalance to improve overall health. It is a completely patient-centred methodology. Livgastro fosters an evidence-based healing environment for both inpatients and outpatients through interdisciplinary physical reactions.
Understanding Integrative Treatment and How It Works for Gastroenterology

Critical treatments and surgeries related to the liver, pancreas, and entire gastrointestinal system are the most complex ones in the medical field, even for specialist surgeons. Sometimes surgeries may have a greater risk than the disease itself. This is why doctors emphasise early treatment and exploring all avenues of non-surgical approaches.

Integrative approaches, with direct and gradual implementation, have promising prospects in managing GI conditions and preventing them from getting worse. For a long time, we have been living with the notion that medications cure diseases. Diet, exercise, sleep or other lifestyle-oriented factors are usually controlled by the patient and their family, the doctor only recommends them. But this new medical strategy deeply includes multiple factors in mainstream treatment, where the doctor might have control over what the patient eats, or how they perform exercise and what times etc. The vital integrations in gastroenterology disorders and their preventive treatments include the following:

Mind-and-body therapies include relaxation techniques, behavioural counselling to reduce alcohol or smoking urges, yoga and meditation to improve gut health.

Diet consultancy to identify certain risk foods, wrong cooking methods, and prescribing dietary supplements and methods of consumption.

Identify and improve sleeping patterns and eating habits that may impact the gut microbiome.

According to Dr Rai, ï¿½If we look at the root cause of gastrointestinal disorders like ulcers or gastritis, dietary changes and switching to a more active lifestyle can be very effective, sometimes even better than pharmacological intervention. Why not use these approaches?ï¿½

While some gastrointestinal diseases, like pancreatic tumour, hepatitis( A/B/C/E), and cirrhosis of the liver depend on pharmacological and surgical interventions at large, diseases like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and IBS can be cured with non-surgical approaches.
The health issues that require lifelong management to improve quality of life and reduce symptoms have fair chances to benefit from integrated functional medicine.

About Livgastro And Integrative Gastrointestinal Treatment in Kolkata

Dr. Vijay Rai is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology, is honoured with the Dr. GP Elhence Award, and served as a gastroenterology specialist at Apollo Gleneagles hospitals in Kolkata.

Dr. Rai founded the Livgastro gastrointestinal clinic in Kolkata to introduce the benefits of intermediary medicine to Kolkatans and help them develop more faith in curing chronic liver and pancreatic diseases.

The clinic is affiliated with highly qualified doctors, mostly members of American colleges and medical societies. The medical professionals here are mostly participants in American universities and societies, and they oversee every procedure personally.

This type of integrative treatment would be the first in Kolkata. Livgastroï¿½s multispeciality clinic for gastroenterology disorders and their preventive treatments is located in Phool Bagan, Beleghata, Kolkata. The clinic is open from Monday to Saturday, 8:00 a.m.ï¿½8 p.m., and Sundays are open for two hours, between 12 p.m. and 2 p.m., mainly for reviewing reports for patients undergoing treatment.