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Does a capsule endoscopy look for the same things that a egd would find and look for?

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Dr. Silviu Pasniciuc answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Small bowel lesions: A capsule endoscopy may capture lesions in the small bowel, not otherwise reachable by upper endoscopy or colonoscopy.

Answered 8/19/2016

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I had upper endoscopy (EGD) 5 days ago. My throat was sore for the first 3 days when swallowing. Yesterday and today my throat has a lot of mucus in it and I have to clean clear my throat bc it feels like mucus.Do you think this is related to the EGD?

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