how big is the catheter used during esophageal manometry?

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Will a catheter cause pain during intercourse?

Answer 1

Small compared: With food that you typically eat and swallow and smaller then most endoscopes for traditional endoscopy. The manometry catheter is designed to go into the nose so it has to be small. However, some technicians will let you swallow the tube through the mouth which may make it easier. Worth asking....

Answer 2

HUGE...: Bigger than a rain gutter... No - seriously it is small enough to slip through your nostril and go down the back of your throat into your esophagus.

Answer 3

4 mm diameter: Esophageal manometry catheters are typically about 4 mm in diameter. They are long enough to travel from your nose, down the esophagus and into the stomach.

Answer 4

Not necessary: Irrigations are indicated only if you are treating a condition of the bladder like yeast in the bladder with anti fungal medications. Even though indwelling permanent catheters are a risk for infection is not common practice to irrigate.

Answer 5

No: In dwelling catheters should not be flushed routinely. The thought is the flushing disturbs the lining of the bladder and makes you more likely to get an infection.

Answer 6

Yes: Barrett's esophagus is associated with a higher risk of cancer, specifically esophageal adenocarcinoma. However, the risk is still low, and most people with this condition do not develop cancer (less than 1%). Caucasion males who smoke are classically the ones with the highest risk. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/barretts/#3.

Answer 7

Yes: Barrett's esophagus represents chronic irritation of your lower esophagus by stomach acid reflux. Patients typically report frequent "heartburn." this chronic irritation is thought to cause the increased risk of developing esophageal carcinoma in barrett's esophagus patients.

Answer 8

Depends: A catheter is a plastic tube. It can be placed in many different organs for many different purposes. You should discuss the specifics of your situation with your doctor. It is always better to not have a catheter if one is not needed as they are always an infection risk, however they are needed for care in many different medical conditions.

Answer 9

Depends: How old is the child? What are you catheterizing? And for what?

Answer 10

Close followup: Both the surgeon, medical oncologist and radiation oncologist must be involved in your followup care. Depending on the stage, you may involve all 3 of these specialists who will mainly follow you by physical exams, ct scans and occasionally pet/ct scans.

Answer 11

Also: Close care is needed to track nutrition and following function. Inidviduals after esophagectomy may suffer from anorexia, and may need diet modification of supplemental tube feeds. If there is any scar tissue and the patient has trouble swallowing, they may need a dilation to help with swallow function.

Answer 12

Not true necessarily: I do angiograms almost on a daily basis. In the distant past, the contrast we used made the heart stop for a couple of seconds or would slow it down in some people (immediately after the injection); but that is a thing of the past anymore.

Answer 13

Angiogram: It usually doesn't. Unless related to the sedation.

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