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* https://www.uptodate.com/contents/esophageal-stricture-the-basics?source=search_result&search=esophageal+stricture&selectedTitle=4%7E137 for patient inforamtion | * https://www.uptodate.com/contents/esophageal-stricture-the-basics?source=search_result&search=esophageal+stricture&selectedTitle=4%7E137 for patient inforamtion | ||
medscape: | |||
* Reinforce the need for patients with esophageal stricture to comply with the usual antireflux precautions and lifestyle modifications. | |||
* Encourage weight loss. | |||
* Patients are told to eat smaller meals, avoid eating in a hurried fashion, and chew their food well. | |||
* Ill-fitting dentures or poor dentition should be corrected if possible. | |||
* Educate all patients with esophageal stricture about avoiding medications known to cause esophagitis, including over-the-counter medications such as aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. | |||
* Inform all patients that the stricture recurrence rate for esophageal stricture is higher if they are noncompliant with PPI therapy. | |||
* For patient education resources, see Heartburn and GERD Center and Digestive Disorders Center, as well as Acid Reflux (GERD) and Heartburn. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 15:09, 31 October 2017
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahda Alihashemi M.D. [2]
- https://www.uptodate.com/contents/esophageal-stricture-the-basics?source=search_result&search=esophageal+stricture&selectedTitle=4%7E137 for patient inforamtion
medscape:
- Reinforce the need for patients with esophageal stricture to comply with the usual antireflux precautions and lifestyle modifications.
- Encourage weight loss.
- Patients are told to eat smaller meals, avoid eating in a hurried fashion, and chew their food well.
- Ill-fitting dentures or poor dentition should be corrected if possible.
- Educate all patients with esophageal stricture about avoiding medications known to cause esophagitis, including over-the-counter medications such as aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Inform all patients that the stricture recurrence rate for esophageal stricture is higher if they are noncompliant with PPI therapy.
- For patient education resources, see Heartburn and GERD Center and Digestive Disorders Center, as well as Acid Reflux (GERD) and Heartburn.