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Barrett’s Esophagus: Can Long-Term Acid Reflux Lead to Cancer?
Yes — long-standing, poorly controlled acid reflux can change the lining of the lower food pipe into Barrett’s esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition that raises the risk of…
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Gallbladder Polyps: Do They Need Surgery?
A polyp on an ultrasound report is one of the more anxiety-producing incidental findings I review in clinic. The word sounds like cancer. Most of the time it is not — but some…
How to Read Your Liver Function Test (LFT)
An LFT printout looks like a verdict. It is not. It is a snapshot of enzymes, pigments and proteins that hint whether liver cells are leaking, bile is flowing, and the organ is…
Best Foods for Liver Health: What Your Liver Loves
Most “liver diet” lists online read like a supermarket aisle in another country. This one is built for how people in Chennai actually eat — millets, greens, dals, coffee with…
Blood in Stool: Causes, Diagnosis & When to See a Doctor
Blood on the paper or in the bowl stops people cold — correctly. Most causes are benign. None are safe to diagnose from the bathroom alone. This page is the bleeding triage:…
Can Fatty Liver Disease Be Completely Reversed?
Patients ask this more often than almost any other liver question — usually hoping for a yes without conditions. The accurate answer is yes for early disease, partly for scarring,…
Do Liver Detox Drinks Really Work?
Social media sells a comforting idea: drink the right green juice for three days and the liver is “reset”. As a liver transplant and HPB surgeon, I meet the other end of that…
Foods That Worsen Fatty Liver Disease
Knowing what to add to the plate only half-solves fatty liver. The other half is stopping the foods that keep telling the liver to make and store fat. This is the avoid list —…
Complete GERD Diet Plan: Foods to Eat & Foods to Avoid
Trigger lists are useful. A meal plan is more useful — because reflux is driven as much by when and how much you eat as by chilli powder. This is a practical Indian-day GERD diet:…
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) Infection: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Burning upper abdominal pain that eases with food, years of “gas” and antacids, or an ulcer on endoscopy — in India, H. pylori is often the missing explanation. This guide covers…
How to Improve Gut Health Naturally
“Gut health” online usually means buying something. Clinically it means a digestive tract that digests, absorbs, moves and defends without chronic pain, bleeding or malabsorption…
What Happens to Your Liver After You Stop Drinking?
This is the hopeful half of the alcohol conversation — and it needs precision, not slogans. How much is too much is covered in alcohol and your liver. This article owns the…
Why Do You Feel Bloated After Eating?
Post-meal tightness is one of the commonest complaints in clinic — and one of the easiest to misread. Most of the time it is gas, fibre load, constipation or reflux-related air…