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Hi Can anyone tell me if you need a thoat scope(think that is what you call it) to diagnose LPR can you GP (UK) just refer you or do you have to be referred to the ENT Clinic for them to decide. I remember when I had a sinus scan some years a go that I had to go the ENT clinic first. Also is this the sort of procedure that requires a pre op. Many thanks.
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Giblet24 libralady13
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I am having a barium swallow on Friday and will see what that shows and go from there.
beth21928 libralady13
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HI SORRY OR NOT GEING BACK TO YOU BUT BUSY WITH THE GRANDCHILDREN.
I WAS RECENTLY SENT TO E.N.T TOSEE
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HI SORRY FOR DELAY BUT WAS WATCHING GRAND CHILDREN.
I WAS RECENTLY SENT TO E.N.T TO CONSULTANT AND YES YOU CAN HAVE A REFERAL FROM G.P.HOWEVER MINE WAS FROM A PROF AT OUR DENTAL HOSPITAL WHO WAS VERY MUCH ON THE BALL.
ON ARRIVAL HE TOOK A BIT OF HISTORY THEN BROUGHT OUT A STERILE PACK INSIDE A SCOPE THAT IS SHORT HE LUBRICATES IT AND GIVES YOU A TISSUE BECAUSE WHEN HE PUTS IT UP YOUR NOSE THERE IS A REFLEX WHICH MAKES YOU SNEEZE A LITTLE[NO PAIN WHATSOEVER}
HE CAN SEE UP NOSE AND DOWN SO FAR TO THROAT. I WAS SENT FOR BARIUM SWALLOW THEN FOR A FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY WHICH IS DONE BY ULTRASOUND AND THERE WAS NO NEED TO TAKE BIOPSY AS HE FOUND ENLARGED THYROID WITH BENIGN NODULES HOWEVER BECAUSE I HAVE THE DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING HE HAS DECIDED TO GO THE EXTRA WITH A C.T. SCAN WHICH I WILL HAVE THIS TUES AS HE CANT UNDERSTAND WHY THE PROBLEM.
MAY/JUNE I HAD AN ENDOSCOPY WITH SHORT ACTING LOCAL FOUND STOMACH POLYPS[BENIGN] AND LOTS OF INFLAMMATION.BUT STILL HAD TO UNDERGO THE OTHER TESTS TO RULE ANYTHING ELSE OUT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE PROBLEM HAS TO DO WITH THE THYROID AND SOMETHING PERHAPS RELATED TO IT OF COURSE ALONG WITH REFLUX OESOPHAGITIS FOR WHICH I AM ON OMEPRAZOLE 20MGS DAILY.
DURING APRIL THIS YEAR MY PROBLEMS ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS GIVEN AN ANTIBIOTIC CALLED FLAGYL ONCE BY DENTAL HOSPITAL PRE-OP FOR INVERTED WISDOM TOOTH REMOVAL AND AGAIN A WEEK LATER BY DENTIST FOR POST OP INFECTION. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THIS INTERFERED WITH GOOD BACTERIA IN GUT SO JUST RECENTLY I WAS SO FED UP I SPOKE WITH NATURAL HEALTH AND WAS PUT ON A PRO-BIOTIC WHERE EVERYTHING SETTLED DOWN HOWEVER JUST A FEW NIGHTS AGO I STARTED HAVING THIS FEELING LIKE MORNING SICKNESS AND THE ACIDITY HAS BEEN AWFUL.
PERHAPS AFTER TUESDAY THERE SHOULD BE SOME INDICATION AS TO WHAT IS THE PROBLEM PERHAPS 2 CAUSES..
I WAS TOLD BY CONSULTANT ENDOSCOPY ALONE DOES NOT SHOW EVERYTHING AND THATS WHY I HAD BARIUM SWALLOW.
CONTACT YOUR E.N.T CONSULTANTS SECRETARY AND SHE WILL KEEP YOU RIGHT ALSO N.H.S. 24 HOUR LINE [111] AND THEY WILL TELL YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW.
IVE ALWAYS FOUND B.U.P.A WEBSITE VERY GOOD.
BEST OF LUCK
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Giblet24 libralady13
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that was very interesting as I too have Arthritis ( Spondulosis ) in my neck and think that this theory is very possible. All the nerves leave the spine to all places in the body, as in Ms, spasms occur in my body anywhere. This is food for thought .
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