The severe symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can cause extreme distress. If you suffer with IBD, you know the drill -- chronic diarrhea, weight loss, abdominal pain, bloody stools, and fatigue. Not only do these issues make every meal tough to navigate, they can interfere with your ability to function day in and day out.
You’ve been scheduled for a colonoscopy as a routine screening for colon or rectal cancer. Or maybe it’s necessary to investigate symptoms, such as bleeding from your anus, pain in your abdomen, unexplained weight loss, or changes in your bowel movements.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GE) is a result of a faulty lower esophageal sphincter. When this ring doesn’t close properly, the contents of your stomach leak back into your esophagus and affect the back of your throat to cause a burning in the chest.
Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition that has no cure. This doesn’t mean unpleasant symptoms can’t be managed, however.
Sometimes you have difficulty swallowing – but it passes and is really no need for concern. But some people suffer from a condition known as dysphagia -- a chronic difficulty swallowing -- and they don’t even know it.
The average lifetime risk of developing colon cancer is approximately 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women. As many as 53,010 people are expected to die of colon cancer in 2024.
Colon cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, but it�s also one that�s easy to beat � if you catch it early. Colonoscopies are indispensable in this fight against colon cancer.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) causes unpleasant symptoms that seriously interfere with your quality of life.
You’ve undoubtedly heard of the trials and tribulations of getting a colonoscopy, most of which are associated with the preparatory process that involves taking laxatives to clear out your system.
Determining what is causing you to experience certain problems such as upper abdominal pain, nausea or difficulty swallowing cannot be done in a single office visit.
