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A sample from our gastroenterology answer library. Your practice reviews and approves every answer — and can customize any of them to your protocols — before a single patient sees it.
What is Understanding your colon cancer risk?
This refers to learning about the things that can affect a person's chance of developing colon cancer over a lifetime. Factors can include age, family history, certain inherited conditions, and some lifestyle elements. Understanding risk can help people and their providers decide on general screening and check-ins. A care team can explain how risk applies to an individual.
Understanding Your Colon Cancer RiskHow long do I have to stop eating and drinking before my dilation procedure?
You'll usually stop eating solid food for several hours, often about six to eight hours, and stop clear liquids a couple of hours before your dilation, but follow the exact times your team gives you. An empty stomach makes the sedation and procedure safer. If you take essential daily medicines, ask your endoscopy team ahead of time how to handle them on the day.
Esophageal DilationIs the banding done at the same time as my regular endoscopy screening, or a separate appointment?
It can be either. Sometimes banding is done during the same endoscopy where varices are found, and other times it's scheduled as a separate session, depending on what's seen, your situation, and whether the team is prepared to treat at that visit. There's no single rule. Your care team will tell you the plan for your case and what to expect at each appointment.
Variceal BandingWhat is GERD?
GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a condition where stomach contents flow back up into the esophagus more than usual, which can cause symptoms like heartburn. It happens when the muscle between the stomach and esophagus doesn't close as it should. It is common and varies in how it affects people. A provider can share more about what it involves.
GerdWhat's the chance the stent tears or makes a hole in my esophagus?
There is a small risk that placing or having an esophageal stent could cause a tear or hole in the esophagus, but serious tears are uncommon, and your team takes care to lower the risk. Afterward, watch for severe or worsening chest, neck, or back pain, trouble breathing, fever, or coughing up blood, and emergency care may be needed if any of these occur.
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