Pediatric gastroenterology is a sub-specialty that cares for children with gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic diseases. The principal diseases it is concerned with are gastrointestinal conditions (constipation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, inflammatory bowel disease ect..), liver diseases (acute and chronic hepatitis, and biliary disorders), and pancreatic diseases (acute and chronic pancreatitis, congenital malformations, pancreatic insufficiency ect…).