Digestive Health: Treatments

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  • Intussusception - Treatment Overview

    08/01/08, Healthwise

    Ideally, treatment for intussusception begins within 24 hours after the start of symptoms. Normally, a child is treated in the hospital with either an enema or surgery. The type of treatment varies depending on the age of the child and

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  • Intussusception - Home Treatment

    08/01/08, Healthwise

    If your child has symptoms of intussusception, home treatment is not appropriate. Take the child to your doctor immediately for a physical exam. If your child has episodes of severe abdominal pain, you may need to take him or her for

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  • Salivary gland cancer: Treatment - Patient Information [NCI PDQ]

    06/18/08, Healthwise

    Salivary gland cancer is a rare disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the salivary glands.

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  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Surgery

    05/23/08, Healthwise

    Surgery is not done for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

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  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Other Treatment

    05/23/08, Healthwise

    A wide range of other therapies has been used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Treatment methods that help you better cope with stress can help reduce symptoms.

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  • Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

    05/16/07, Healthwise

    Laparoscopic hernia repair is similar to other laparoscopic procedures. General anesthesia is given, and a small incision is made in or just below the navel. The abdomen is inflated with air so that the surgeon can see the abdominal organ

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  • Open inguinal hernia repair (herniorrhaphy, hernioplasty)

    05/16/07, Healthwise

    For open hernia repair surgery, a single long incision is made in the groin. If the hernia is bulging out of the abdominal wall (a direct hernia), the bulge is pushed back into place. If the hernia is going down the inguinal canal (in

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  • Inguinal Hernia - Treatment Overview

    05/16/07, Healthwise

    Surgery is the only treatment and cure for inguinal hernia. Hernia repair is one of the most common surgeries done in the United States. About 750,000 people have hernia repairs each year.2 But if an inguinal hernia does not cause any

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  • Lactose Intolerance - Treatment Overview

    08/15/07, Healthwise

    If you think you have lactose intolerance, it is a good idea to talk it over with your doctor. Your doctor can make sure that your symptoms are caused by lactose intolerance and not by another problem, such as irritable bowel syndrome

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  • Colon Polyps - Treatment Overview

    05/14/07, Healthwise

    Most colon polyps do not cause any problems, but a sample of polyp tissue (called a biopsy) can be removed during screening if you have a flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy. The tissue is examined to determine if it is the

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