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Patient Information Leaflets
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Gastroscopy with stent insertion aftercare advice
Advice following a gastroscopy – an examination of your gullet and stomach with a stent inserted
Gastroscopy with throat spray aftercare advice
Advice following a gastroscopy – an examination of your gullet and stomach
Helicobacter pylori breath test
Explains what a Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) breath test involves and how to prepare for it
Help with pancaking of your stoma
For patients with a stoma, explaining how to avoid problems with ‘pancaking’ and how to manage it if it persists
Hepatobiliary / Jaundice Nurse Specialist Service
Explains how the HPB/Jaundice nurse specialist can support you with your liver condition.
Hiatus hernia, oesophagitis and reflux symptoms - tips for patients
Some tips – some do’s and don’ts – to help manage your condition and reduce symptoms in addition to any medication or treatment you may be taking
HIDA scan as an outpatient
A nuclear medicine study used to evaluate your gallbladder function - also used to look at the bile excreting function of your liver and track flow of bile from liver to small intestine
High output stoma dietary advice
Offers dietary advice when you have a high output stoma
High protein supermarket food options
Advice for those whose dietitian, doctor or nurse has recommended that you follow a high protein diet
Holding on exercises
Series of exercises that may help you with your symptoms of faecal urgency (urgent need to poo)
Home Parenteral Nutrition and Intravenous Fluid advice
Aims to help patients, relatives and carers, in the event there is a problem relating to parenteral nutrition or home intravenous fluids.
Hydrogen and methane breath test (adults)
Explains what a hydrogen breath test involves and how to prepare for it
Hydrogen and methane breath test for people with diabetes
Explains how to manage your diabetes medication before, during and after a hydrogen breath test
Ileostomy dietary advice
Dietary advice for people with an ileostomy - where the end of the small intestine (ileum) is moved through the abdomen to form a stoma from which a pouch collects poo
Image guided abdominal or pelvic biopsy
What an image guided abdominal or pelvic biopsy is, what happens during the procedure and what the possible risks are
Image guided ascitic drainage
Explains what image guided ascitic drainage is (draining fluid from your tummy), what happens during the procedure and what the possible risks are
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) dietary advice
Dietary advice for those with Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patient Initiated Follow-Up
Explains what the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient-Initiated Follow-Up (PIFU) service is and how it can help you manage your condition
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Dietary and lifestyle advice on managing your IBS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) resources
Dietary advice and emotional support resources available for people with IBS