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Mains, a registered nurse and
Julie Rogers “Gift of Life” Pro-
gram volunteer, said early detec-
tion not only can physically save
a patient, but it also could have
less of an impact on the person
fnancially and emotionally.
And, according to the Na-
tional Cancer Institute, early
detection means treatment can
be started earlier in the course
of the disease, possibly before it
has spread.
In Mains’ case, she needed
surgery to remove the lump. She
did not need to go through radia-
tion, she said.
She recommended a monthly
self breast exam in addition to
regular mammogram screenings.
Something could change in
between scheduled mammo-
grams, she said, and it’s impor-
tant for a woman to know how
her breasts feel normally in case
something does change.
If you check every six months
or every year, Mains said you’re
not going to know if something
is awry. And if you check every
day, well, “you cannot watch a
tree grow,” she said.
A 2010 study in the New
England Journal of Medicine
said mammograms alone were
found to decrease the breast
cancer death rate between zero
and 2 percent.
The “Gift of Life” ofers free
mammograms are available to
medically uninsured or under-
insured Southeast Texas women.
Anyone who thinks they
may qualify should call
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Mains, 56, was diagnosed
with breast cancer at 48. She
recommended three things
women should try that could
help prevent cancer: eat a mostly
plant-based diet, exercise for
an hour a day and maintain a
healthy weight.
That doesn’t mean become a
vegetarian, she said, but it does
mean to stay away from fried
foods and meats that are high
in fat.
“Pick a reason, whether it’s
emotional, psychical or fnan-
cial,” she said of trying to be
healthy. “Just do it.”
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octors found the small lump of
cancer in Charlotte Mains’ breast
so early that the Beaumont
woman only needed one surgery
to have the lobular carcinoma
removed.
THE GIFT OF
MAMMOGRAMS
prevention
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Photography by
Guiseppe Barranco
Kasidi Thibodeaux plays for the
Rounders softball team in one of
the many leagues at the Beaumont
municipal complex.
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THE GIFT OF
MAMMOGRAMS
Monthly self-checks part
of recommended regimen
By Heather Nolan
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MeDiCAL GUiDe
A COOL WAY
TO LOSE LUMPS
Non-invasive body-sculpting
removes those last few inches
By Cheryl rose
5
peOpLe in tHe neWS
A+ EXAM RESULTS
FOR LOCAL DOCTORS
Beaumont neurosurgeon Kubala
and SetMa’s Holly honored
for lifetime achievements
8
HeALtHY LivinG
MAINSTREAM MEETS
MOTHER NATURE
Natural and standard approaches
to health care learning to co-exist
By Margaret Battistelli Gardner
6 Peel’d To The News
14 Innovations
14 Crossft puzzle
BE Healthy | September/October 2012 | Volume 3, Issue 5
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Dr. Mark
Kubala of
Beaumont
will receive
the Ameri-
can Medical
Associa-
tion’s Dis-
tinguished
Service Award, the group’s most
prestigious honor, at the interim
meeting of the association in
November.
The American Medical As-
sociation’s Distinguished Service
Award, the group’s most presti-
gious honor, will be presented
to Dr. Mark Kubala of Beaumont
at the interim meeting of the
association in November.
Announcement of the
award was made after Kubala’s
nomination by the association’s
board of trustees, which then
was endorsed by the House of
Delegates. It is given on the
basis of meritorious service in
the science and art of medicine,
according to the association’s
Website, with consideration of
his civic work as well, a Jefer-
son County Medical Association
press release said.
The local neurosurgeon’s
other professional honors were
the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons Distin-
guished Service Award in 1998,
the Texas Association of Neuro-
logical Surgeons Distinguished
Service Award in 2008 and the
Texas Medical Association Distin-
guished Service Award in 2006.
Kubala was one of the found-
ers of the Texas Medical Asso-
ciation Foundation, the philan-
thropic arm of the state medical
association.
James
Larry Holly,
M.D., a
Beaumont
family
physician
and CEO of
Southeast
Texas Medi-
cal Associates has been named
the 2012 Distinguished Alumni
Award recipient by the School of
Medicine at the UT Health Sci-
ence Center at San Antonio.
Dr. Holly was selected for
his four decades of service to
the Beaumont community, his
unparalleled involvement in and
support for the School of Medi-
cine, and his national leadership
on key medical issues, including
electronic health records and
clinical decision support.
“Larry Holly has made an
indelible impact on the School
of Medicine since graduating
in 1973,” said School of Medi-
cine Dean Francisco González-
Scarano, M.D., vice president
for medical afairs of the Health
Science Center. “He has worked
tirelessly and enthusiastically to
advance our mission.”
The 2012 Distinguished
Alumni Award will be presented
by the School of Medicine Alum-
ni Association in October.
Dr. Holly is a founding partner
of SETMA. From 2006 to 2010,
Dr. Holly served as president of
the School of Medicine Alumni
Association, whose members
include more than 9,000 gradu-
ates of the M.D., residency and
fellowship programs who are
practicing medicine throughout
the world.
Neurosurgeon Kubala to receive
prestigious award from AMA
SETMA leader Holly to receive
distinguished alumni award
people in the news
6 September/October 2012 | BE HealthySETX.com
focus on health
Each edition, BE Healthy
Medical Adviser Dr. Garrett K.
Peel will cut through the previous
month’s medical and health news
and bring you the most relevant
and interesting tidbits to help you
make informed health decisions.
Peel’Dto
MedicalNEWS
The Food and Drug Administration recently
reported that infections related to tattoo inks are on
the rise. Scientists found that some tattoo inks are
tainted with fungus and mold, along with the more
serious nontuberculous Mycobacteria, which can
cause serious infections, including lung diseases, eye
problems, several organ infections and infection of
the joints.
Mycobacteria-linked infections are not easy to
diagnose and require treatment that may last over
six months.
If you have had a recent tattoo and feel feverish or
the new tattoo is changing colors and/or is warm to
the touch, seek medical care immediately.
Even those artists with strict hygiene practices
can be surprised by this complication, as the bacte-
ria is found in the ink, not on the clean needles or
equipment.
According to a study published in the American
Journal of Physiology, 30 minutes of daily exercise
is just as efective for losing weight as 60 minutes.
Researchers at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sci-
ences, University of Copenhagen, followed 60 heavy
but healthy men for 13 weeks. They found that 30
minutes of concentrated daily was enough to lose
weight.
Before starting an exercise program, consult with
your doctor. Safe exercise time and limits should be
set, and any exercise program should be supervised
by your doctor if you any health problems.
An estimated 35 million people worldwide, includ-
ing 5.4 million Americans, have Alzheimer’s disease,
numbers that are predicted to triple. The cost of car-
ing for these patients is estimated to be $200 billion.
A research team at Harvard tested a non-invasive,
novel technology called the NeuroAD Medical Device,
which simultaneously combines electromagnetic
brain stimulation with cognitive training on a com-
puter screen, both of which are targeted at specifc
brain regions afected by the disease.
The interim results were outstanding and are in
line with outcomes from previous clinical trials per-
formed in Israel.
The NeuroAD system demonstrated that it not
only prevented deterioration, it also improved
patients’ cognitive performance more than currently
possible with approved medications.
Researchers report dramatic improvement in
patients taking care of themselves, speaking and
recognizing loved ones.
In the journal Nature, researchers recently re-
ported that older fathers were at higher risk to pass
a new mutation to their children than were older
mothers.
They found a higher percentage of children born
with autism and schizophrenia linked to men of
older age. Other potential illness and conditions were
thought to be associated with an older father, not an
older mother.
The scientists explained that their study examined
the world’s largest whole genome sequencing project,
which linked diseases with uncommon defects in the
genome.
More studies are necessary, but it seems there
may now be a new link between fathers of advanced
age and serious medical problems and genetic
mutations.
If you are a man older than 40 and trying to father
children, you may consider consulting a fertility
specialist for guidance and genetic testing.
A patient returned to my ofce recently for a six-
month follow-up. He looked like a new person. He
did not undergo a weight loss surgery, but he joined
CrossFit Beaumont. He lost almost 40 pounds with
a healthy diet and an exercise routine. He said the
CrossFit discipline and support of his fellow “cross-
ftters” made the diference.
CrossFit is a strength-training program that applies
speed, weight lifting, body weight exercises, gymnas-
tics and some endurance exercise. The philosophy
targets major components of ftness and health to
include endurance, power, speed, agility, coordination
and balance.
CrossFit requires working out 3 to 5 days per
week. The workouts are highly intense and done
in bursts. They are completed in a circuit format,
with one exercise following the other, taking about
5-15 minutes to complete, with very little rest in
between.
I was impressed by my patient’s results and com-
mitment to making a change for his life. You can fnd
more information at a crossftbeaumont.com.
Serious infections from tainted tattoo ink reportedly increasing
Now you can feel good cutting your daily exercise by 30 minutes
Non-invasive medical device offers new hope for Alzheimer’s patients
Older fathers, not older mothers, to blame for some mutations
Cross Fit Beaumont regimen might help you shape up
BEHealthySETX.com | September/October 2012 7
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Alternative Options
One type of alternative practitioner is a naturopath.
According to the National Association of Natur-
opathic Physicians, “naturopathic medicine is
based on the belief that the human body has
an innate healing ability. Naturopathic doctors
teach their patients to use diet, exercise, lifestyle
changes and cutting-edge natural therapies to
enhance their bodies’ ability to ward off and
combat disease. Naturopathic physicians craft
comprehensive treatment plans that blend the
best of modern medical science and traditional
natural medical approaches to not only treat
disease, but to also restore health.”
Others include chiropractors and acupuncturists
(both of which are fairly mainstream at this point),
homeopaths (practitioners who treat patients
based on “the laws of similar,” which state that a
disease can be cured by using a substance that
can produce the same or similar symptoms of the
disease) and herbalists, among others.
Naturopaths and other holistic healers may use a
wide range of treatments. The healing power of
herbs, plants and other foods is once again coming
to the forefront of medical care — seems there was
something to Mom’s chicken soup, after all.
But it’s not just what we put in our bodies that can
help us reach and maintain optimum health. Other
popular therapies include hydrotherapy (which
can mean a variety of treatments from water jets
to underwater massage to mineral baths and cold
plunges, etc.); bio-magnetic therapy (the use of
magnets to improve blood fow and manage pain);
equine therapy (working with horses to counter the
affects of ADHD and other disorders, for example);
herbal medicine; color therapy and music therapy.
More and more patients are
seeking alternative treatments
for everything from
obesity to cancer
HEALTH CARE
– AU NATURAL
By MarGaret BattiStelli GardNer
healthy living
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Somewhere
along the
line, you might
have seen this joke
about “The History of
Medicine”:
• 2000 B.C. —
Here, eat this root.
• 1000 A.D. —
That root is heathen; say this
prayer.
• 1850 A.D. —
That prayer is superstition;
drink this potion.
• 1940 A.D. —
That potion is snake oil; swal-
low this pill.
• 1985 A.D. —
That pill is inefective; take this
antibiotic.
• 2009 A.D. —
That antibiotic is artifcial;
here, eat this root.
What goes around, comes
around, they say. Health care
is no exception. Folks sufering
from anything from obesity to
cancer are seeking treatment by
“nontraditional” doctors — a
somewhat ironic description,
since many of these alternative
practitioners use treatments and
methods that pre-date (often by
centuries) what is now consid-
ered traditional medicine.
“Before World War II,
doctors were sometimes called
“quacks,” and people trusted
mostly in natural remedies,
plant medicines or herbal
medicine,” said Dr. L. Alyce
Edert, who works at the Natural
Health Place in Lumberton.
“Then doctors came along and
changed medicine. Along the
way, some doctors began to refer
to the homeopathic physicians
as ‘quacks.’ Soon, people trusted
modern doctors more than
homeopathic physicians and
remedies.”
You’ve seen the commercials.
They pretty much amount to
this: “Do you sufer from (insert
ailment here — depression,
diabetes, thinning eyelashes,
erectile dysfunction, dry eyes,
toe jam, etc.) Take this medi-
cine. But if you do, here’s what
could happen” — followed by a

list of possible side
efects that include everything
from diarrhea to death.
With medications that could
potentially produce side efects
that often seem scarier than the
conditions they’re intended to
cure, more and more people are
wondering if there might not be
a better way.
It doesn’t have to be one or
the other. Susan Lundy, acute
care nurse practitioner at the
Beaumont Health and Wellness
Clinic, said it “absolutely is pos-
sible” to take a more alternative
approach to healthcare while
working with a traditional doctor.
“Doctors will still identify
defects through things like hor-
monal stats and blood pres-
sure, etc., and patients should
remain open to the possibility of
traditional treatment, as it may
become medically necessary,”
she said.
“But doctors
today are becoming
more open to alterna-
tive medicine as more
patients are asking for
less harsh treatments.
“With a rise in the de-
mand for alternative meth-
ods, more and more doctors are
looking at how things were done
30 or 50 years ago and are ap-
proaching treatment in a holistic
way,” she said.
Alternative medicine has its
downsides — among them that
most non-traditional treat-
ments and therapies (except for
chiropractic) are not yet covered
by most health insurance
programs, meaning high out-of-
pocket costs for patients.
Then there are things that
absolutely require traditional
medicine, Lundy said.
“It’s so important to have
a well-rounded view of treat-
ments, integrating modern
advances with gentler physical
treatment to help treat the per-
son as a whole,” she said.
“Holistic healing has its
place,” she concluded,” but
health management really does
require more of a cooperative
efort. You can’t massage away a
broken bone.”
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With three seasons and sev-
eral leagues, a large contingent of
local men and women get of the
couch for a couple of hours or
more a week to race around the
bases and stand under the bright
lights. Jimmy Neale, a program
coordinator for the City of Beau-
mont’s Parks and Recreation
division, organizes the softball
leagues. He estimates that more
than 750 people turn out to play,
sometimes on more than one
team and multiple seasons.
As an exercise, an hour of soft-
ball burns approximately as many
calories as an hour of moderate
walking, according to statistics
from the Mayo Clinic. The degree
of exercise in softball is also de-
pendent on the competition, level
of play and a player’s position.
“Softball uses most of the
muscles of the body, it burns
calories, is an enjoyable and
relatively inexpensive activity,”
said Brendon Legendre, a former
college baseball player and a per-
sonal trainer at Christus Health
& Wellness Center. “Playing
softball includes running, throw-
ing, swinging. You use a lot of
core and upper body muscles. It
also involves a lot of balance and
coordination.”
Neale, also a former college
baseball player, decided to play in
the softball league to get a better
perspective as the coordinator.
“After the frst night of play-
ing, my back and my abs, or
what’s left of them, were sore as
can be the next day,” he remem-
bered. “Just getting out there
and having to sprint, to try to
score, it gets the blood fowing a
little bit.”
Although not as intense a
physical exercise as some op-
tions, Neale believes softball
ofers other benefts.
“You can go to a gym or go
hike and bike on the trail to get
exercise, but the diference in
softball is you’re going to get
some competition,” he said. “It’s
exciting when you’ve got a score-
board, lights, umpires, friends
and family there. The camarade-
rie you get with your teammates
is something you can’t replace
with everyday life.”
Chris Smith has played com-
petitive league softball for about
12 years. The 42-year-old con-
struction supervisor from Orange
comes to Beaumont to coach and
play with a couple of teams.
“It’s a fun way to stay active,”
he said. “With softball, it is more
about the emotional and spiri-
tual part of being with friends
and teammates and competing
to win. We have fun, laugh and
cut up, but when we hit the feld
it’s like we’re playing for the
World Series.”
Britni Thibodeaux, a 25-year-
old day care owner in Vidor, also
likes the competitive aspect.
Thibodeaux played in high
school and now plays on an adult
co-ed team.
“It’s my stress relief for the
week,” she said. “It helps with
my cardio. I’ve noticed that I’ve
gotten stronger. At the beginning
of the season I was
Fun and ftness on weeknights
keeps local ballplayers active
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for a
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ost sultry Southeast Texas
weekday evenings, the cars
arrive at Beaumont Athletic
Complex in droves. Friends
from as far away as Silsbee
and Orange greet each other
and gather in the dusty parking lots, headed to
the green and brown fields for a friendly evening
of throwing, sprinting and batting in the adult
softball leagues.
staying ft
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10 September/October 2012 | BE HealthySETX.com
From left, Kasidi Thibodeaux, Troy Bernhardt,
Britni Thibodeaux and Charlie Jordan
Charlie Jordan (left) and Troy Bernhardt
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using a lighter bat and now I’m
using a heavier one by building
up arm strength.”
Thibodeaux also exercises
two to three times a week out-
side of softball, which Legendre
encourages.
“Softball is a fun activity
where you get the social benefts
of being with friends combined
with spurts of high intensity
exercise, but I wouldn’t solely do
softball for ftness,” he said. He
pointed to how college and pro-
fessional athletes spend hours in
conditioning when they aren’t
playing. Legendre recommended
incorporating weight training
and cardio into routines, but
most benefcially, exercises using
the same motions and muscles
as softball.
To avoid injury, it’s crucial to
take the time to warm up and
stretch muscles before playing,
added Legendre, who also works
as a rehabilitation coordinator
for Beaumont Spinal Care.
“Especially with softball, it’s
easy to pull muscles if you’re a
recreational athlete who doesn’t
take the time to do stretching,”
he warned. “Get those muscles
loose, do some sprints. Stretch
the hamstrings, quads, calves,
biceps, triceps and shoulders,
loosen up lower back and abs.
And stay hydrated.”
Another important caution is
to know your body and that what
you could do at 25, you can’t al-
ways do at 50, Legendre said.
At 43, even though he’s a
former player and a personal
trainer, even he notices us-
ing diferent
muscles when
he plays catch
with his daugh-
ter.
Neale sees
a spectrum
of ages in the
league.
“We have a
lot of younger
teams, but you
do have your
stalwarts, some
guys still out
there just as competitive and
excitable in their late 30’s, 50’s
and even 60’s, still competing
and still getting after it just like
when they were 25 years old,”
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At 38, Neale said he’s modi-
fed his game.
“I have no desire to slide and
if I did, most of my teammates
would make fun of me.”
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Freezing The fat away
Non-invasive
method
smoothes
the lumps
and bumps of
child-bearing
and
middle-age
By CHeryl roSe
As anyone past the frst blush
of youth knows, lumps and
bumps appear around the waist-
line and elsewhere, generally
settling in permanently. So at
59, how did she lose that bulge?
Exercise? She already works out
regularly with a personal trainer.
Even the trainer agreed that
the bulge wasn’t budging with
crunches and cardio.
Diet? She doesn’t diet so
much as eat smart. Her healthy
eating habits and activity level
weren’t enough to defeat the
bulge. She needed another solu-
tion.
Now this Beaumont interior
designer shares her secret with
close friends but otherwise
accepts compliments on her
improved fgure with a sphinx-
like smile. She’d rather not shout
about her decision to use the
relatively new technology that
freezes fat cells, killing them
permanently. Thus, she’s asked
to be “Jane Doe” for this article.
Doe’s decision was to undergo
a non-invasive treatment known
as CoolSculpting, a procedure
that destroys fat cells by freezing
them without damaging the skin.
After a treatment, the dead cells
are reabsorbed or excreted by
the body over several weeks. The
Food and Drug Administration
cleared the process as a body
contouring treatment in 2010.
Doe frst heard about the
process through advertising
but then did several months
of research and consideration.
“As we age, things sort of shift
around and even though I work
out, I just wanted something a
little bit extra,” she said. “I’m
not a surgery person – I just
don’t like going under anesthe-
sia, so I ruled out surgery. What
appealed to me about this option
was that it’s non- invasive and
has no recovery time.”
Non-invasive means no
needles, no lasers, no scalpels,
no scars. Treatments last one
hour while the patient sits in a
chair connected to a vacuum-like
apparatus with a chilling gel pad.
Lisa Saulsberry also had the pro-
cedure done, targeting the extra
layer around her bra line. The
38-year-old surgical nurse assis-
tant at Previty Clinic for Surgical
Care in Beaumont described the
sensation as uncomfortable, but
not overly painful.
“At frst, it hurt like the dick-
ens,” Saulsberry recalled. “It felt
tight for the frst fve minutes,
then it went numb, then just
some pressure. Normally you
don’t see the diference for six to
eight weeks but for me, in two
P
erhaps the most gratifying result is
that she went down two dress sizes.
With the annoying tummy bulge
gone from her otherwise trim profile,
her dresses skim down unimpeded,
allowing for a smaller size.
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fat and it has not come back.”
Previty was one of the frst
locations in Texas to ofer the
procedure. In the past year
and half, about 200 patients,
the majority of them women,
have come to Previty for the
sculpting treatment. Accord-
ing to Dr. Garrett Peel, CEO
and president of Previty, about
30 percent of these patients
have returned to have another
round of treatment targeting
a diferent problem spot. Peel
said people commonly request
help with stomach bulges and
“love handles.”
An important caveat of the
process is that it is not a cure
for obesity. The best results
are for people already close
to an appropriately healthy
weight. This works for people
who can pinch an inch of
love handle rather than those
with a spare tire around the
middle. Peel said the average
patient seeking treatment is
30 to 50 years of age, though
he has had patients into their
70s. Most patients only require
one treatment, though some
may choose to do more. Treat-
ments typically cost from $600
to $1,200.
“Twenty to 40 percent of
the fat is gone after a one-hour
treatment that also tightens the
skin,” Peel said. “Some people
have better results than others.
However, there is no room for
skepticism in our results. Our
before-and-after pictures along
with our enthusiastic patients
prove it.”
It’s been several months
since Doe had her tummy bulge
melted, and her new appearance
has inspired her to keep up her
ftness and diet regimen. “You
can’t think that you can do this
and just eat and do whatever
you want and it’s this miracle
thing,” she cautioned. Though
she is keeping her procedure
on the QT, she is recommend-
ing it to friends. “I think it’s the
greatest thing I’ve ever done,”
she said.
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New anti-refux surgeries help diminish heartburn symptoms
More than ever, patients suffer from hiatal or
paraesophageal hernias, heartburn, refux disease and
complications Barrett’s esophagus – which has been
found to be a precursor to cancer. across the country,
cases of esophageal cancer are on the rise. like many
cancers, lifestyle modifcations, including stopping
tobacco use and seeking treatment for refux disease
and heartburn, may prevent esophageal cancer.
GerD (gastroesophageal refux disease) is a condition
in which stomach contents “refux” upward from the
stomach into the esophagus through the lower esopha-
geal sphincter (leS). Normally, the leS acts as a one-way
valve, enabling food to pass downward into the stomach
but not upward into the esophagus. Chronic exposure to
refuxed material such as stomach acid, enzymes and
bile causes irritation of the esophagus that can result in
infammation (esophagitis), ulceration and pain.
GerD or its cousin lerD (laryngeal esophageal refux
disease) can cause a wide range of symptoms: persis-
tent heartburn, regurgitation, choking episodes at night,
chest pain, diffculty or pain when swallowing, asthma,
chronic sore throat or cough and even laryngitis.
Treatment options for GerD/lerD often depend
on the severity of the condition and may include the
following: changes in lifestyle such as eliminating cof-
fee, alcohol and smoking. avoiding a late bedtime and
sleeping with the head of your bed elevated might help.
eliminating spicy or fatty foods and citrus or tomato
products can be found to diminish symptoms.
If these measures do not help, ask your doctor to
refer you to a gastroenterologist.
for some, the esophagus changes over time.
Pre-cancer lesions form in the esophagus. also, some
patients’ symptoms are related to a hiatal or parae-
sophageal hernia, which may require surgery.
Some patients need surgery to fx the hernia around
the esophagus or create a new one-way valve, helping
to reduce symptoms. Nissen or a Dor fundoplication is
a laparoscopic surgery involving wrapping the stomach
around the esophagus to improve the barrier function
of the lower esophageal sphincter. It is usually a two-
hour procedure, requiring general anesthesia, done
through small working ports.
for those who suffer from chronic heartburn and
are considering a surgery, Stretta may be an optimal
and less invasive option for you. This procedure does
not require an incision and is done through a catheter
passed through the mouth. Patients typically go home
one to two hours after the procedure. Most patients are
able to return to work and their normal activities the
day after treatment, so there is minimal interruption to
everyday life. results are promising, but only certain
patients are candidates. Heartburn and refux can be a
serious disease, leading to major health problems and
even cancer. If it persists, ask your doctor for a referral
to a gastroenterologist.
Dr. Christopher Timmons is a new advanced
laparoscopic surgeon, joining Drs. Garrett Peel and
Maria Palafox at Previty - Clinic for Surgical Care in
Beaumont and Orange. He is chief of Previty’s new
Center for Paraesophageal Hernia and Refux Disease
and also focuses on thyroid and parathyroid, along with
colon and rectal cancer surgeries.
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