Abdominal pain is one of the most common complaints in all of medicine — and one of the most frequently underestimated. It shows up in
You’ve had unpredictable bowel habits for months. Some days it’s diarrhea, some days it’s constipation that won’t let up, and some days it’s both —
Your gut is usually pretty good at communicating. The problem is that most of us have gotten good at ignoring it. We chalk up the
There’s a category of symptoms that’s easy to rationalize away — a little trouble swallowing solid food, nausea that shows up without a clear reason,
Your Houston gastroenterologist just recommended an upper endoscopy. You’ve heard the word “endoscopy” before — maybe in connection with colonoscopy — but this is different,
You just turned 45. Maybe your primary care doctor brought it up at your last annual visit. Maybe a friend mentioned they’d recently had one.
