{"id":2788,"date":"2026-01-17T12:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:24:50","slug":"gastric-intestinal-metaplasia-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2788","title":{"rendered":"Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A precancerous change of stomach lining cells that can progress to gastric cancer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Do I Need Screening?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chronic H. pylori infection<\/li>\n<li>Family history of gastric cancer<\/li>\n<li>Persistent dyspepsia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Should I Prepare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fasting 6 hours before endoscopy.<\/li>\n<li>Continue PPIs unless instructed to stop 2 weeks prior.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Happens During Endoscopy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedation administered.<\/li>\n<li>Biopsies taken from the antrum, body, and incisura of the stomach.<\/li>\n<li>Duration: 10\u201320 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What Can I Expect Afterwards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recovery for 30\u201360 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Resume clear liquids then light diet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Risks &amp; Possible Complications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minor bleeding at biopsy sites (&lt;1%)<\/li>\n<li>Perforation (&lt;0.1%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow-Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GIM without dysplasia: endoscopy every 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>GIM with dysplasia: refer to gastroenterologist for individualized surveillance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A precancerous change of stomach lining cells that can progress to gastric cancer. Why Do I Need Screening? Chronic H. pylori infection Family history of gastric cancer Persistent dyspepsia How Should I Prepare? Fasting 6 hours before endoscopy. Continue PPIs unless instructed to stop 2 weeks prior. What Happens During Endoscopy? Sedation administered. Biopsies taken [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2790,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions\/2790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}