Most babies spit up. However, when my second child was born, I quickly noticed that he spit up much more frequently and forcefully than his sister. At first, it didn’t seem like a big deal and I was told that he would probably grow out of it. However, then he spit up what the nurse ...
A gastric endoscopy is a medical procedure used to diagnose stomach ulcers, take biopsies of the stomach and esophagus, and is generally done before gastric bypass surgery. It is a nerve-wracking procedure for anyone facing a gastric endoscopy; no one wants a tube shoved down his throat! I recently had to have a gastric endoscopy ...
I once had a gallbladder. It functioned properly for many years, allowing me to eat which ever fattening foods I wanted. Then I had a child. During my pregnancy, I was nauseous I vomited the entire 9 months, day and night. And the nausea and heartburn was bad. I thought it was due to the ...
A miniature camera system placed inside a small capsule, that swallowed, and then transmits images during it’s journey through the gastrointestinal tract. Capsule endoscopy (CE) or video capsule endoscopy (VCE) provides diagnostic imaging of the small intestines. Israeli Gastroenterologist Dr. Gavreil Idda working for Israel company Elscient (previously worked for Israel Ministry of Defense) Incorporated, ...
The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food to the stomach after it has been swallowed. When the esophagus gets irritated and inflamed, the condition is referred to as Esophagitis. If left untreated, the condition may become extremely uncomfortable, and problems with swallowing, ulcers and scarring may result. Sometimes a condition known as Barrett’s ...
A gastric bypass is a surgical procedure to help you lose weight. The stomach is stapled to make it smaller, and part of the small intestine is bypassed. The rest of the small intestine is then reattached to the new, smaller stomach. There is a small opening called a stoma between the stomach and the ...
