Dr Sulaiman Bin Yusof

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His articles on colorectal and general surgery in Singapore: what a symptom can mean, when it needs a surgeon, what a scope or an operation involves, how to prepare, and what things cost.

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Blood in your stool: what it usually means, and when to actAnal bleeding has many possible causes. Learn how to identify symptoms and what to expect from treatment. What the colour of the blood suggests, the warning signs he takes seriously, and how the cause is actually confirmed.Colorectal conditions · 11 min read
Endoscopy cost in Singapore, flat fee or itemised bill?Endoscopy cost in Singapore can vary with facility fees, sedation, biopsies and treatment. See what to compare, plus where MediSave and insurance may apply.Cost explained · 7 min read
Colonoscopy bowel prep and what to eat before your testWhat to eat, how the laxative doses fit together, and practical help for getting through your preparation.Colonoscopy · 9 min read
Haemorrhoids or an anal fissure? The pain is what tells you.Bleeding that does not hurt is usually haemorrhoids. Pain that lingers after passing stool is usually a fissure. How a colorectal surgeon tells them apart.Colorectal conditions · 14 min read
A change in bowel habits usually settles. Three weeks is the line.Most changes settle within a fortnight. What normal looks like, the everyday causes, the measured cancer risk, and the signs that should not wait.Symptoms · 13 min read
What colon polyps are, why they matter, and how they are removed.Most colon polyps are harmless, but some are precancerous. What they are, the symptoms, how they are removed at colonoscopy, and what follow-up looks like.Screening · 10 min read
Colon and rectal cancer differ in symptoms, spread and treatment.Colon and rectal cancer both begin in the large intestine. Where each starts changes the symptoms, the scans, the surgery and where it tends to spread.Bowel cancer · 11 min read
Haemorrhoids in women are common, and almost always treatablePregnancy and childbirth make piles much more common in women. Why it happens, what safely relieves it, and when to have it looked at.Colorectal conditions · 12 min read
Diverticular disease is small pouches in the wall of the large intestine.Small pouches in the colon wall usually cause no symptoms, and in Singapore they sit on the right more often than the left. What changes when one inflames.Colorectal conditions · 16 min read
Lower abdominal pain is pain located below the belly button.Pain below the belly button can come from the gut, the urinary tract or the reproductive organs. How it presents, what causes it, and how it is treated.Symptoms · 11 min read
H. pylori often causes no symptoms. That does not make it benign.Most people who carry H. pylori have no symptoms. What that misses, the tests that find it, and when a gastroscopy is the right one, by a surgeon.Screening · 17 min read
Gallstones are hardened deposits of bile that can form in the gallbladder.Gallstones are hardened deposits of bile in the gallbladder. The non-surgical options, when surgery is needed, and how stones in the bile duct are cleared.General surgery · 6 min read
A low-residue diet limits fibre so there is less for the bowel to move.A low-residue diet limits fibre so the bowel has less to move. The foods to include, the foods to leave out, and how it is used before a colonoscopy.Diet and recovery · 15 min read