New Video of Stridor Caused by Laryngomalacia

A new video has been posted of a 1 month old child with mild stridor secondary to laryngomalacia, specifically of the epiglottis. Check out the video here.

New Video Example of Pediatric Vocal Cord Nodules

A new video has been uploaded of a 5 years old child with a raspy voice due to vocal cord nodules. Click here to view.

Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance (MII) Testing for Non-Acidic Reflux

As far as we know, Virginia Hospital Center's Heartburn Center in Arlington, VA and now Fauquier Hospital are the only places in Northern Virginia that offers 24 hour Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance (MII) testing to look for non-acidic reflux. Oftentimes, this test is combined with pH probe testing and manometry to measure the more traditional acid reflux as well as esophageal motility. MII testing is extremely important to evaluate those patients with persistent dry cough, mucus in throat, sensation of throat swelling, etc when all other reflux measurements/testing have come back normal.

Gastroenterology Associates
(in association with Fauquier Hospital)
402 Hospital Drive
Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: (540) 347-2470
Website

Virginia Hospital Center
Phone: (703) 717-4373
Fax: (703) 717-4374
Director: Kevin Gillian, MD, FACS
Nurse Coordinator: Susan McNeill-Smith, RN
Website




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Some over-the-counter medications used to treat relux are listed below:

Explore Flu Trends Across the US

Google has discovered that certain spikes in search terms related to flu symptoms actually is a great indicator of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to 2 weeks faster than traditional systems including the CDC (Centers for Disease Control). Check it out!

New Video Uploaded of ABductor Spasmodic Dysphonia

A new video stroboscopy of a patient with ABductor spasmodic dysphonia has been uploaded. Audio of his speech pattern has also been posted. Check it out here.

The direct video link is here.

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