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Hello doctor. In September 2019, I had a gastroscopy and the results were congestive inflammation of the antrum mucosa and negative HP results. I have treatment and the pain is gone. But around December 2019 until now, I have pain again, I went to the hospital for a follow-up examination but the doctor said that I did not need to have an endoscopy again and only gave medicine to drink but it did not help. On 7/3, I went to the doctor for a follow-up examination and the doctor ordered a blood test, the results were normal and HP was negative. I took medicine but the pain still didn't go away. May I ask how should I treat it? Am I at risk for stomach cancer? Thank you doctor.
Nguyen Quoc Quan (1989)
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Hello. You just had a gastroscopy in September 2019 and the results were congestive inflammation of the antrum mucosa and negative HP results. So no need to look again. Abdominal pain this time treated in the direction of gastritis does not help, you should examine and learn more about other causes of abdominal pain.
To screen for stomach cancer, endoscopy is the best. You did not describe your gastritis in detail, but only concluded and did not know your family's medical history (adjacent blood generations), so it is not possible to advise such a specific schedule of screening colonoscopy. any. Normally, to screen for stomach cancer, people usually do it every 2 years.
Thank you for your question to Vinmec Health System. Best regards.
Doctor Gastroenterologist - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.
