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  Tendency To Develop Polyps  
 
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Polyps can occur in various parts of the body and are typically associated with mucus membranes.
 

  
 

Conditions that suggest Tendency To Develop Polyps:
 
 
Tumors, Benign  Stomach Polyps
 
 

Risk factors for Tendency To Develop Polyps:
 
 
Inflammation  Chronic Inflammation
 Allergies and infalmmation are associated with polyp development. In a clinical trial that ended in the fall of 1998, it was found that nearly 80% of patients with sporadic colon polyps, the type that can develop into common colon cancer, had their polyps disappear or shrink after taking sulindac, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), for one year. "This was the first randomized, double-blind project to demonstrate that any drug inhibits premalignant sporadic polyps," said DiSario, associate professor of gastroenterology at the School of Medicine.

Symptoms - Gas-Int - Conditions
  (History of) colon polyps
 
 

Tendency To Develop Polyps can lead to:
 
 
Tumors, Benign  Stomach Polyps
 
 

Recommendations for Tendency To Develop Polyps:
 
 
Lab Tests/Rule-Outs  Test for Food Allergies
 Hidden food allergies are an underlying cause of polyp formation.

Nutrient
  Meyer's

Vitamins
  Vitamin B Complex
 
 


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GLOSSARY

Allergy:  Hypersensitivity caused by exposure to a particular antigen (allergen), resulting in an increased reactivity to that antigen on subsequent exposure, sometimes with harmful immunologic consequences.

Anti-inflammatory:  Reducing inflammation by acting on body mechanisms, without directly acting on the cause of inflammation, e.g., glucocorticoids, aspirin.

Cancer:  Refers to the various types of malignant neoplasms that contain cells growing out of control and invading adjacent tissues, which may metastasize to distant tissues.

Colon:  The part of the large intestine that extends to the rectum. The colon takes the contents of the small intestine, moving them to the rectum by contracting.

NSAID:  Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.

Polyp:  A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder or intestine, often causing obstruction.