Approximately three years ago I had a EGD. I was diagnosed with gastric varices ( varicose veins ) of the stomach wall. I do not drink or smoke. I did a sonogram of the portal vein in liver and a ... View answer

[I HAVE GASTIC VARICIES DUE TO LIVER CANCER AND I HAVE CHANGED MY DIET BUT IT SEEMS THAT EVERYTHING I EAT IRRITATES MY STOMACH. CAN COFFEE BE THE CAUSE ALSO? ] View answer

what are the effects of smoking marijuana on gastric and esophageal varices? I've had varices banded in both my stomach and esophagus due to cirrhosis of the liver, and obviously I'm not... View answer

Hi My mother is approaching 60 and is diagnosed with Oesophagus Varices small, she has grade 1 ... thinning, please advice how serious is her condition? Is it mandatory that all varices will bleed, Can ... View answer

I have varices can I fly ... View answer

was told i have varices in my stomach. I had an endoscopy done 3 weeks ago and have varices in my esophagus. Have read a lot about cirrhosis but not as much about varices of esophagus. Would like more... View answer

I have chronic HCV including 4th stage liver cirrhosis with large gastric varices and esophageal varices so banding is not advisable. I am on a beta blocker as well. I have been experiencing... View answer

drink once in a long while. I had a melena due to bleeding in stomach. Endoscopy showed a gastric varices all over the stomach due to vein hypertention. I was diagnozed to have a clot in the splenic vein ... View answer

: Reflux esophagitis; Hiatal Hernia; Gastric Varices?; Gastritis; Doudenal bulb ulcers; T/C infiltration ... View answer

para esophageal and peri gastric varicose veins (on CT scan report) and large gastroesphogeal varices (on MRI report). Today he had an endoscopy and there were no esphogeal varices found so no... View answer