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Bookmark or Share- Esophageal Strictures: Symptoms, Causes & TreatmentStricture is when any channel or passageway in your body becomes narrower or constricted. A stricture can make it hard for things to pass through that channel. In your esophagus, a stricture can cause difficulty swallowing. Many different disease processes can cause esophageal strictures.
- Colon Strictures: What to Know - WebMDWritten by Alyson Powell Key. Types and Causes. Symptoms. Treatments. 3 min read. Your body is like a network of highways, carrying food, fluids, and waste around and out. When certain sections of...
- Urethral stricture - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicOverview. A urethral (u-REE-thrul) stricture involves scarring that narrows the tube that carries urine out of the body, called the urethra. As a result of a stricture, less urine comes out of the bladder. This can cause problems in the urinary tract, such as infection.
- What Is a Colon Stricture? - Verywell HealthA colon stricture is a narrowing of part of the colon, the organ that forms the large intestine. Strictures can cause a bowel obstruction, hindering your ability to go to the bathroom and eliminate gas and solid waste. They occur in people with colon cancer or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Urethral stricture - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicTo make a diagnosis, a member of your health care team will ask about your symptoms and your medical history and do an exam. Tests that can help find where the stricture is, how long it is and what's causing it might include: Urine tests. These look for infection, blood or cancer in the urine.
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