A practical approach to the management of common problems in gastroenterology in the tropics and sub-topics providing sound medical advice for doctors. Each chapter presents a different problem with a case history, the necessary examination, investigations and immediate management to be undertaken, all with relevant diagrams, tables, photographs and a drug list. Diseases specific to the tropics (including abdominal TB, schistosomiasia, cholangitis and HIV infection) are dealt with in detail.