Q&A - Dr. John Bienvenu: When should you be screened for Barrett’s esophagus?

If patients are 50 years of age and they’ve had a lot of reflux symptoms for a long time, we typically would screen them if they’ve had reflux, especially Caucasian males. If they’ve had reflux for more than five years or one or more times a week, then we might screen them even before the age of 50. Obese males as well tend to be more susceptible to Barrett’s esophagus.

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