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    What makes someone at risk for Barrett's oesophagus?

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    Dr Michael Swan

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    Michael Swan is a Gastroenterologist specialising in endoscopy, pancreaticobiliary disease and gastrointestinal cancer screening. Michael trained in clinical endoscopy with leaders in the field both … View Profile

    Barrett's oesophagus is a condition that is strongly related to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and therefore many of the risk factors are similar. These risk factors include 

    • hiatus hernia
    • obesity
    • smoking
    • excessive alcohol intake
    • diabetes
    Added to these is that certain risk factors can have a higher risk of developing malignancy (cancer), these include 
    • male sex
    • obesity
    • longer standing/chronic reflux symptoms.
     However reflux symptoms are extremely common in the adult population (up to half of all American adults describe reflux symptoms at once a month), however only a small percentage develop Barrett's oesophagus. 

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