Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Policy Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

To read our full Nondiscrimination Statement, click here.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) 

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Before esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), you will be given a sedative. Your physician will thread a narrow, flexible tube called an endoscope—which has a tiny light and camera at the tip—through your mouth, esophagus and into your stomach and sometimes small intestine. He or she can then see any abnormalities and take tissue samples for laboratory analysis if desired.