Saturday, August 13, 2011

Female 48 just diagnosed with Barrett Esophagus after few mos of acid reflux. Does it mean I have precancerous?

Barrett's esophagus is an inflammatory scarring process and can happen even without reflux symptoms. It is not exactly precancerous, but does raise your risk significantly. Follow your doctors recommendation for follow up and monitoring with the scope.

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