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Digestive Health: When To See Your Doctor About Chronic Gut Problems

Center for Family Medicine

Unexplained weight loss could also signal chronic conditions like Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Early evaluation prevents complications like malnutrition or aspiration. Chronic heartburn While occasional heartburn is common, frequent or severe heartburn that occurs more than twice a week may mean GERD is at play.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. High-level review of the evidence would tell you that patient and family member, and caregiver experience in hospital-at-home is better than when their loved one is in the hospital.

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