Family history and bowel screening: prepare the right questions
A family history conversation is more useful when it describes which relative was affected and roughly how old they were at diagnosis.
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Explore digestive concerns, prepare for care and understand the next step. Browse our education collections and see what is being prepared for later months.
October 2026
Symptoms · 5 min read
Blood in the stool: what to notice, when to get help and what to tell your doctor
A practical guide to describing bleeding clearly and getting the right level of help, without assuming the cause.
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Patient preparation · 5 min read
Before your endoscopy: the questions that make preparation clearer
From medicines and transport to fees and results, a useful conversation begins before procedure day.
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Results & follow-up · 5 min read
Your endoscopy report and biopsy results: understanding the next conversation
The examination, the written report and a laboratory result may arrive at different times. Here is how to keep the next steps clear.
Read the article →Patient planning · 4 min read
Endoscopy fees: what to clarify before you confirm
An enquiry about fees should help you understand what is being quoted.
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Inside the centre · 4 min read
Endoscopy in a teaching hospital: care, learning and questions you can ask
Teaching hospitals bring clinical practice and education into the same setting.
Read the article →September 2026 education collection
September-themed guides added to the Journal on 12 October. Their publication date is shown accurately on each article.
September collection · 4 min read
Your referral letter: the questions to ask before booking
A referral letter helps one clinician explain a request to another.
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A useful medication list before your endoscopy visit
A medication conversation is easier when everyone knows exactly what you take.
Read the article →August 2026
Guides · 6 min read
When to stop managing it at home and see a gastroenterologist
The line between a stomach that misbehaves occasionally and a problem that deserves a specialist.
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Symptoms · 6 min read
Food that sticks: why difficulty swallowing should never be ignored
Trouble swallowing is one of the few gut symptoms we ask people not to wait on. Here is why.
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Stomach · 7 min read
Peptic ulcers: why your stomach hurts, and what actually fixes it
Stress and pepper get the blame. The real causes are different, and far more treatable once identified.
Read the article →July 2026
Procedures · 7 min read
Yellow eyes and gallstone pain: when you need an ERCP
When a stone blocks the bile duct, ERCP clears it without open surgery. How the procedure works and when it is urgent.
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Screening · 6 min read
Colonoscopy comfort: what to expect and optional anaesthesia
The fear of pain stops more people from booking than any other single thing. Here is the honest answer.
Read the article →June 2026
May 2026
Screening · 8 min read
Bowel cancer in Nigeria: the early signs, and why screening changes everything
Colorectal cancer is rising here and it is among the most preventable cancers there is. The signs, the screening age, and the test that stops it.
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Guides · 8 min read
How to prepare for a colonoscopy: the bowel prep guide nobody gives you
What to eat, what to stop, how to get the prep down, and why a clean bowel changes the whole result.
Read the article →April 2026
March 2026
Symptoms · 7 min read
Blood in your stool: when it is piles, and when it is not
Why assuming every bleed is haemorrhoids is the most expensive mistake in Nigerian gut health, and how to tell the difference.
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Guides · 9 min read
Endoscopy in Lagos: a complete guide to what actually happens
Every stage of an endoscopy in Nigeria, from the referral to the report, with no medical fog and no scare tactics.
Read the article →February 2026
Prepared for later release
Coming in November and December.
These articles are prepared as future content. They are not yet published.
Referral tracking: keeping the next step visible
Sending a request is the beginning of a pathway.
Planning transport and support for an endoscopy visit
An appointment involves arrival, preparation, the examination and recovery.
A year-end review of your digestive-health questions
A review can help you organise concerns you have been meaning to discuss.