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| Hiccups, why? |
Hiccups are sudden, involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle. As the muscle contracts repeatedly, the opening between your vocal cords snaps shut to check the inflow of air and makes the hi... |
| What does the term "tarry stool" mean? |
comparing it to black colored tar, partially metabolised blood form the upper GI looks like that in color, black ... |
| Sometimes after a meal I get what I think is best defined as air hunger.? |
It would be best to talk to your doctor about this. Breathlessness is not a normal effect of eating. It could be a number of things, such as food allergy (as mentioned above), reflux, heart probl... |
| Milk protein allergy? |
I do not put much faith in the old skin and blood test route as they told me I had no food allergies but my symptoms kept getting worse. I have now found a naturopath who specializes in allergies ... |
| High sed rate and rectal bleeding? Does this increase likelihood of cancer? |
I'm sorry to hear that. It may or may not be cancer. If it is in fact a cancer, it's more likely a cervical or colon cancer. I know someone (who's very close to me) who had cervical ... |
| How do you do an NG lavage to rule out an upper GI bleed? |
Put an Naso-gastric tube into through either side of your nose and then use a syringe and pull back and see what the stomach contents contain. Sometimes if bleeding is happening in the GI tract yo... |
| Elevated WBC count in GI bleeds? |
Blood loss leads to increased bone marrow activity, to compensate by throwing many new cells into the circulation. All cell lines will increase. This is known as leukemoid reaction. ... |
| Ulcer side effects? |
my brother has had ulcer and he had to take aciphex for a long time. He had gastric ulcer but aciphex can be used for different ulcers i think. ... |
| I'm 50 yrs old and just found out I'm anemic. Taking Iron pills 3times a day.They think it's because of heavy |
I can only tell you my experience -- when I was found to be anemic
(but did not have heavy menstrual periods), an upper and lower GI was done, which revealed bleeding stomach ulcers.
After treatm... |
| I am a 6 year post op gastric bypass patient with severe abdomen pain.? |
oh honey iv had this 4 years ago but i dont know what to tell you exept that DO NOT JUST SIT AND BEAR IT DO SOMTHING PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE ... |
| Different Color Stools? |
This varies depending on what you ate and what colour your food was, nothing to worry about, especially if you had your analises done. ... |
| My daughter has been given two iron infusions in the past two months. Dr. is not sure where iron is going? |
My wife has been wrestling with this problem for a long time. She got another transfusion yesterday after an infusion the day before (the 20th unit of blood in the last 20 months + 22,000 mg of ir... |
| What do they mean by black/tarry stools? |
Yes, if your looking for a GI bleed, your stool will be BLACK, like black black. It will like tar, black tar. Red or bright red blood is new blood and hasn't traveled through the GI tract. ... |
| Can eating oreos cause you to have black stools? |
A black or red colored stool may be caused by something as benign as an iron supplement but it could also be an indication of bleeding somewhere in the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract. Blood ... |
| Looks like blood in feces--dr's only please? |
Blood from the back passage can be a serious symptom, but when it is slight and intermittent and is only present on wiping, then it is probably due to a small pile. This can otherwise be quite symp... |
| Pls help with renal diagnosis: high BUN, nl creat, dilute urine and everything else nl? |
Are they taking any prescription or herbal medications? ... |
| What lab test would indicate a complication of high-dose Aspirin & Corticosteroid meds (for Rheum Arthritis).. |
When on high dose aspirin regime and corticosteroids for rheumatological conditions, you should have liver function tests done every couple months, as well as complete metabolic profile, to check k... |
| How does sulfasalazine measure up to other 5-ASA drugs such as Asacol and Colazal for Ulcerative Colitis? |
hi jacob, I have crohn's disease, a type of IBD like UC. I have had it since the age of 12.
Ask your GI about the newer treatments for UC b/c the 5ASA meds don't seem to last long on ... |
| Lower Right Stomach Pain? |
thats ur Apendix go to the doc!! ... |
| Gynecology question? |
hi,can i suggest you ask for tests for pcos,endometriosis and fibroids.
all done by laparoscopy.
good luck ... |
| What exactly is considered a "pre existing condition"? |
Have you seen the film documentary SICKO?
This is a way the insurance company gets out of paying for things. They decline services and wait for people to die.
Fight with the insurance company and... |
| Has anyone had problems with their hemoglobin constantly dropping? |
My mom is in her 40s and had the same problem last summer. They gave her so many blood transfusions and she had all kinds of tests with nothing being found. She got infusions that cost somthing lik... |
| Is passing blood clots outside of stool a symptom of hemorrhoids, if that person goes untreated for years? |
bleeding per rectum is not something easy or simple to just ignore ... u need to know where the blood is coming from , and that's what your GI specialist should tell you ,,, hemmorrhoids per s... |
| This is very sad but i need advice? |
I don't think it is a question of whether it is fair to hold on.
Of course a parent wants to hold on. No one would doubt you on that. What you need is permission to let go, to be told you ar... |
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