Narayan Swaroop Hospital Blog

A blood report showing high creatinine or a low estimated glomerular filtration rate can cause concern, especially when someone has diabetes or high blood pressure. Yet one abnormal number does not tell the entire story.

People often recognise the word piles but are less familiar with colorectal surgery. This specialty covers diseases of the colon, rectum and anus, including conditions that need no operation and problems that require urgent treatment.

Painful periods are common enough that some women feel expected to tolerate them. However, pelvic pain that repeatedly interrupts work, study, sleep or relationships deserves attention.

Wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath can occur with several lung conditions. Two common diagnoses are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

After a laparoscopic hernia repair, patients often want one clear answer: when can I work, walk normally, lift groceries or restart exercise? Recovery rarely follows an identical timetable for everyone.

A polycystic ovary syndrome diagnosis can make a person fear that pregnancy will never be possible. That conclusion is not justified.

Severe abdominal pain and vomiting are sometimes blamed on food poisoning or indigestion. In some cases, however, the intestine may be partly or completely blocked.

A clinician may suggest imaging after an injury, for abdominal pain or to investigate an unfamiliar symptom. Patients sometimes wonder why one person receives an X-ray while another is sent for a CT scan or ultrasound.

A menstrual cycle does not have to arrive on precisely the same date every month. Small variations are common, especially during adolescence and the years leading to menopause.

If a doctor recommends an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, you may worry about swallowing a camera, the use of sedation or how long recovery will take. This test, also called gastroscopy, helps clinicians look at the oesophagus, stomach an