Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Jim Rohn
Gastroenterology – for your health and wellness
DR. ZANE STRAUME
Certified internist, gastroenterologist, specialist in Gastrointestinal endoscopy
In this time of change, when a new order enters the world, our way of life must also change.
Doctors also need to be able to adapt, so the idea of a different way to communicate and
help their patients came up.
My concept is to look at each patient as a whole with all the diseases and lifestyle habits
inherited from the family and acquired during life. Often, a symptom or disease can help
answer a vague question and make it easier to find a digestive problem.
I am here for the health and wellness of your digestive system
Specialisations: diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the oesophagus,
stomach, pancreas, liver, bile ducts, small intestine, colon and rectum.
More about the doctor
Education.
- Certificate in Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2022
- Volunteering work in Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2019 – 2022
- University of Latvia, gastroenterologist, 2015 – 2018
- Riga Stradiņš University, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Continuing Education, internist, 2012 – 2015
- Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of Medicine, doctor's degree, 2006 – 2012
Internship. Courses.
- Hands-on training session on haemostasis at the ESGE hands-on training centre held in Prague (April 2019)
- Department of Hepatobiliary Medicine and Liver Transplantation, King's College Hospital London, the United Kingdom (2018)
- Practical skills training in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Riga, Latvia (September 2017)
- IBD Intensive Advanced Course for Junior Gastroenterologists Barcelona, Spain (2017)
- Good Clinical Practice Course (GCP): Investigator Site Personnel ICH GCP Training Certificate. Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trial Sites (TransCelerate BioPharma, 2017)
- ICH Good Clinical Practice for Clinical Trial Sites (Quintiles, 2016)
- Department of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, King''s College Hospital London, the United Kingdom (2015, 2016)
- One-day Ultrasound course, XXVIIth Belgian Week of Gastroenterology (2015)
Membership in associations, organisations.
- Latvian Association of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy member since 2023
- European society of gastrointestinal endoscopy member since 2023
- Head of the Latvian Society of Young Gastroenterologists (2019-2022) and member since 2017
- Member of the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (2017, 2023)
- Member of the Latvian Association of Gastroenterologists since 2015
- Member of the Latvian Association of Internists since 2014
Work experience.
2023 – now Specialist in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Zemgale Health Centre
2023 – present Specialist in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Riga 1st Hospital, Endoscopy Department
2023 - present Specialist in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Ziemeļkurzeme Regional Hospital, Talsi
2022 - present Specialist in Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Medical Center VCA Elite
2022 - 2023 Specialist in Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Ogre Regional Hospital, Endoscopy Centre
2020–2022 Specialising in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Endoscopy Department
2018 – present Gastroenterologist
Medical center ARS (Medicīnas centrs ARS)
2018 - 2023 Gastroenterologist
Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Outpatient Clinic
2018 – 2019 Gastroenterologist
Latvian Maritime Medicine Center (Latvijas Jūras medicīnas centrs)
2016 – present Teacher and Lecturer in Gastroenterology
Riga Stradiņš University, Department of Internal Diseases
2015 – 2021 Emergency physician
Riga East Clinical University Hospital, inpatient Gaiļezers, Clinic of Emergency Medicine and Patient Admission
2015 – 2018 Resident physician in gastroenterology
Riga East Clinical University Hospital
2014 – 2015 Intern
Riga East Clinical University Hospital, inpatient Gaiļezers, Clinic of Emergency Medicine and Patient Admission
2012 – 2015 Resident doctor in internal medicine
Riga East Clinical University Hospital
SERVICES
Remote consultations
Consultations for patients from 16 years of age (with exceptions from 14)
Healthy lifestyle, diet recommendations
On-site consultation (on demand)
When a consultation with gastroenterologist is required:
- If you or your family have a history of gastrointestinal disease, oncological disease
- For all people over the age of 45
- If you have:
- Nausea, vomiting
- Taste changes
- Swallowing disorders
- Burning behind the sternum, reflux
- Stomachache
- Flatulence
- Abdominal disorders
- Exacerbation of known chronic diseases
Symptoms in acute gastroenterological patients
In the case of these symptoms, it is advisable to contact a general practitioner, therapist, gastroenterologist as soon as possible or to seek emergency medical help in the case of severe complaints.
- Sudden, acute abdominal pain
- Progression of swallowing disorders with / without pain during swallowing or inability to swallow completely (solid and / or liquid food), weight loss, progressive weakness
- Progressive nausea with vomiting that is not controlled with medication
- Vomiting with blood or coffee grounds
- Acute loose stools with / without fever and / or abdominal pain
- Primary admixture of blood and / or mucus in stool
- Sudden pronounced bloating, flatulence with / or without accompanying abdominal pain
- Abdominal pain with sudden abdominal disorders with / without vomiting
- Sudden jaundice (eyes, skin)
- Known diagnosis of gallstone disease with sudden pain in the abdomen, epigastric region, right hypochondriac region with / without nausea with / without fever
- Known diagnosis of pancreatitis (of any genesis) with sudden abdominal pain and / or loose stools with / without fever with / without jaundice
- Known intestinal diverticulosis with sudden abdominal pain with / without fever
- Known diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease with sudden onset: fever, diarrhoea with blood or blood admixture, with / without abdominal pain, ulcerative colitis more common, uncommon Crohn's disease)
CONSULTATION
Consultations can take place remotely or on-site depending on the prior agreement.
Advantages of remote consultation:
- Consultation can take place from any location
- Individually adjustable consultation time
- No need to wait in long lines and or a crowd in medical facilities
- Consultation is safe regardless of the national situation (in relation to SARS-CoV-2)
- Patients can receive the examination report faster and find out the answers to unclear questions (about examinations, medication use, diet, etc.)
PHONE
+37124668814
WRITE AN E-MAIL
dr@zstraume-gastro.com
Useful to know before the consultation
How to prepare for a consultation?
Prior to the consultation, all previous examinations should be sent to the e-mail dr@zstraume-gastro.com including:
- Tests: blood tests, stool tests, other
- Endoscopy (capsule endoscopy, gastroscopy = EGDS, colonoscopy = FCS, rectoscopy) examination conclusion and histological exam results*
- Radiological examinations: abdominal ultrasonography, abdominal CT, abdominal MRI, X-ray examination of oesophagus small intestine, irrigoscopy, defecography, other
- Other important hospital excerpts, descriptions of operations and other information you consider important regarding your health status
- Remote consultation price:
70 EUR/ 30min + 10 EUR every next 10min**
90 EUR/ up to 60 min** - On-site consultation price:
80 EUR/ 30min + 10 EUR every next 10min **
120 EUR/ up to 60 min** - The consultation can be in English, Latvian or Russian
*usually ready in 1-2 weeks. it is received by the doctor who referred you to the examination.
**price rate starting from 01.12.2024.
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USEFUL INFORMATION
The Latvian Association for Crohn's and Colitis Patients
Visit website: https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/
Coeliac disease
- State aid for children with coeliac disease: https://www.vsaa.gov.lv/pakalpojumi/vecakiem/valsts-atbalsts-ar-celiakiju-slimiem-berniem/
- Life without gluten: https://dzivebezglutena.lv/
- Online stores with gluten-free food: https://dzivebezglutena.lv/dzive-bez-glutena/iepirksanas/interneta-veikali-latvija/
Pre/o Biotics informative material
RAKUS informative material
Where to take breath tests*:
- 13C-urea H.pylori breath test – Gastro centrs (state quota system, paid service), Anti-Aging Institute (paid service)
- Lactose (milk sugar) intolerance hydrogen breath test – Gastro centrs (state quota system, paid service), Anti-Aging Institute (paid service)
*The breath test can take from 2.5 to 4 hours
How to prepare before the examination?
Happy Gut informative material
Bowel cancer screening
Visit website: https://www.vmnvd.gov.lv/lv/media/439/download
How to prepare before the examination?
Before the Lactose Intolerance Test:
A day before the breath test, the patient:
- should not eat complex carbohydrates (whole grains, fruits and vegetables in large quantities, various porridges), use alcohol;
- should not engage in extremely high intensity physical activity.
On the day of the breath test:
- the patient should brush their teeth and rinse their mouth with a disinfectant;
- the patient should not eat, smoke, chew gum or use other menthol-containing products;
- the test can be performed 2 hours after brushing teeth;
- do not sleep or engage in physical activity during the test;
- At the beginning of the test, the patient drinks a specially prepared sugar solution;
- After 15 minutes, the first measurements of methane and hydrogen levels in the exhalation are made;
- Repeated measurements are taken every 15 to 30 minutes;
- The examination should be performed on an empty stomach.
Before the H. pylori breath test: Antibiotics (any) and proton pump inhibitors (such as omeprazole, esomeprazole, rabeprazole, etc.) should not be used for one month before the test. You can eat and drink before the test.
CONTACTS
Get in touch
- Address: Skolas iela 5, Rīga LV 1010
- Mobile phone: +37124668814
- E-mail: dr@zstraume-gastro.com
Bank details
SIA Jūsu Labsajūtai
Reg. No: 41203073525
Bank: Swedbank
Account: LV23HABA0551048867136
