Hypertension Mantra

This examination was performed with me sitting down, with pulse clips on my fingers, and with a tiny camera coming into my mouth down to my esophagus and the stomach. I was half sedated because passing something solid and foreign into the esophagus entailed quite a pain though bearable but then again with the feeling of wanting to continuously vomit. It is was a really traumatic experience. But it had to be done. 1. Performed by means of olympus GIF 2T240 under IV sedation (Dormicum 2.5 MG/IV ***ASA Class) 2. Esophagus - normal mucosa down to the GE junction which is at 38 cm level coinciding with an intact Z line 3. Stomach lumen is empty with intact rugal folds Erosions noted in antrum Scope is tightly hugged by the cardia on retroflexed view Pyloric ring is oval and distensible with good pyloro-antral peristalsis Rapid urea test for H Pylori was done. (Negative result) 4. Duodenum - multiple white based ulcers measuring each to less than 0.5 cm (junction of D1 and D2

Erosive gastritis was one of the three ailments they found through my endoscopy. Erosive gastritis , exfoliative gastritis that in which the gastric surface epithelium is eroded. Chronic or acute inflammation of the stomach, especially of the mucous membrane of the stomach. This I had too. Hiatal Hernia Hiatal hernia is a condition in which the upper portion of the stomach protrudes into the chest cavity through an opening of the diaphragm called the esophageal hiatus. This opening usually is large enough to accommodate the esophagus alone. With weakening and enlargement however, the opening (or herniation) can allow upward passage or even entrapment of the upper stomach above the diaphragm. Hiatal hernia also causes symptoms of discomfort when it is associated with a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease, commonly called GERD . This condition is characterized by upwelling of stomach acids and digestive enzymes into the esophagus through a weakened sphincter that is suppose