Patient Problems
Problems Mr LP Cheah commonly sees include:
- Rectal bleeding including haemorrhoids; positive faecal occult blood test(FOBT); screening for bowel cancer; perianal pain; diverticular disease
- Pilonidal sinus disease
- Hernias - inguinal hernia, umbilical/paraumbilical/anterior abdominal wall hernia, incisional hernia(including hernias at laparoscopic port sites), hernia seen on ultrasound; groin pain
- Gallstones
- Skin cancers - squamous cell cancer, basal cell cancer, melanoma; precancerous skin condition such as solar keratoses and elastoses
- Lumps on the skin or under the skin
- Vasectomy, Circumcision, Scrotal cyst, Varicocele
- Ingrown toenail
- Breast lump, nipple discharge, breast pain/mastalgia, breast cancer
- Inverted nipple - Surgical eversion
- Thyroid - Goitre, nodule seen on ultrasound, tumour, thyroid cancer
- Varicose vein, leg ulcers, ischaemic toe