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### Treatments

 ### Biliary Drainage and Stenting

Biliary drainage and stenting are techniques used to help bile drain from your bile duct if you have a blockage.

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 ### Colonoscopy

An exam where your doctor looks at your large intestine (colon) and rectum using a long, flexible tube with a camera on it. This allows your doctor to find any changes or issues in your colon or rectum, and remove abnormal tissue if necessary.

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 ### Endoscopy

You will receive an intravenous sedative and pain medication. Once comfortable, the physician will then examine the area using an endoscope—a lighted tube with a small camera at the end. The physician will be able to view any abnormalities and take a tissue samples (biopsies) if necessary.

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 ### Gut-directed Psychotherapy and Counseling

Gut-directed psychotherapy and counseling can help patients with IBS, IBD, and GERD manage their condition and reduce symptoms.

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 ### Mucosal ablation: Radiofrequency ablation

For this procedure, a physician uses a special probe to apply heat energy to diseased cells to destroy them and encourage healthy cells to replace them.

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 ### Myotomy

Myotomy is a generic term for surgery in which a muscle is cut. In esophageal conditions, the surgeon typically cuts the muscle fibers in the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES, to correct the condition.

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 ### Pneumatic (balloon) Dilation

Used in patients with Barrett's Esophagus, pneumatic dilation is the placement of a specialized balloon into the esophagus and then inflating it to create a larger opening in the esophagus.

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### Additional Diagnostic Testing

- Echocardiography
- Genetic testing
- Pulmonary angiograms
- Right heart catheterizations (at rest and with exercise)
- Six-minute walk tests
- Sputum culture testing

### Additional Treatments

- All 14 currently available medications for pulmonary arterial hypertension
- CardioMEMS
- Contact tracing of patients with active TB
- Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) — a method of drug administration in which a health professional watches and provides support as a patient takes each dose of a medication, improving treatment adherence and completion
- Education sessions on managing pulmonary conditions
- Facilitation of lung transplants
- Immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Management of complications related to TB medications
- Medication for active tuberculosis
- Mucus thinning medication
- Oscillating positive expiratory pressure (PEP) devices
- Oral or IV antibiotic therapy
- Postural drainage
- Precision immunomodulatory infusions
- Prophylactic anti-infective agents
- Individualized exercise program
- Surgical resection
- Treatment of bronchiectasis
- Treatment of chronic liver disease Treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infections
- Treatment of COPD
- Treatment of immune deficiency or sinus disease that may be associated with bronchiectasis
- Treatment of latent (inactive) TB infections