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Endoscopy shows GOO. Does it mean pancreatic cancer?
Query: Hello doctor, I have an old patient who is my father aged 75 years old who is diabetic and having hypertension. He has pain in the stomach especially after eating and having serious weight loss. We decided to have an endoscopy last year and they found sliding hiatal hernia and we went for the ba... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I feel sorry to hear about your father. I can imagine it must be very tough time on you and other family memebers in this time. Well GOO stands for Gastric outlet obstruction. Yes, the common cause of it is pancreatic cancer, stomach cancer. The pylori is secondarily... Read Full »
Other than surgery, what can be done for stomach growth that results in fluid accumulation?
Query: Hi doctor, My mom had surgery to remove her fibroid alongside her womb. Later we discovered that she also had gallstones. So another surgery was performed on her to remove her gallbladder. After this, her stomach became so hard and could barely eat anything. After the gallbladder removal, she was t... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I feel very sorry to hear about your mother. She has been through very tough times. From the description, it seems she has gastric outlet obstruction, in short, called GOO. This is an obstruction to the stomach and does not let food go down beyond the stomach. This can ... Read Full »