A 38-year-old member asked:

could gastroscopy examination results be serious?

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Dr. Luis Villaplanaanswered

Internal Medicine 35 years experience

YES: Several conditions diagnosable through endoscopy are serious, including esophageal or gastric cancer.

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A 44-year-old member asked:

Wanted to know if doctor always take biopsy in a gastroscopy if even the result indicated that it was normal?

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A 30-year-old female asked about a 33-year-old male:

My husband is having a overwhelming amount of acidic saliva, he has been for a gastroscopy and a sonar, all results came back normal, what's the cause ?

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A male asked:

Sir, my doc did gastroscopy and said it is normal and sent Biopsy sample for anaylsis. So cancer possibility can b excluded frm results so far?

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A 39-year-old female asked:

Am suffering from severe chest pain ,I consulted with a GP in Life Flora clinic, reffered me to Dr Pawlak who conducted procedure i.e Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy 2 wks ago,. nothing could be detected.The pains r still there & severe, please help?

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A 28-year-old male asked:

Been experiencing upper left abdominal discomfort that radiates to back after eating since February 2018.had gastroscopy,ultrasound,CT scan done on my abdomen.results clear,Only thing I haven't done is colonoscopy,could it be Colon Cancer?I'm 27 male

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