International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders
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Anonymous Everyday Pain’s Personal Story: Desperately Seeking Answers for Severe Gas and IBS-C Hi, I have been dealing with gastrointestinal issues since I was 12 years old. I am now 25 and every year my issue seems to get worse and worse. I am now in pain and uncomfortable every day. It all began in […]
Making A Surgeon A Part Of Your Healthcare Team
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Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with IBS, Bloating, and Body Image Hi there, thanks for reading this. I am a 20 year old woman who was diagnosed with IBS about three years ago, though I have suffered from it all my life and simply assumed that my weird bowel patterns were normal. As a little girl […]
National Advocacy Event on the Hill You Attended. You Advocated. You Were Heard. WASHINGTON, DC JUNE 24-25, 2019 For the millions of Americans living with the debilitating and sometimes life-threatening symptoms of a functional gastrointestinal or motility disorder (FGIMD), the fight for awareness, research into safe and effective treatments, and cures are ongoing. But Members of […]
When it comes to using medicine, it is important to know that no medicine is completely safe. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) judges a drug to be safe enough to approve when the benefits of the medicine outweigh the known risks for the labeled use. Doctors, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and you make […]
Looking for a Healthcare Team? Finding a Dietitian Compiled and maintained by IFFGD Finding a Gastroenterologist Compiled and maintained by American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Finding a Surgeon Compiled and maintained by American College of Surgeons (ACS) A Registry of GI Motility Laboratories for Patient Evaluation Compiled and maintained by The American Neurogastroenterology and Motility […]
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Anonymous Everyday Pain’s Personal Story: Desperately Seeking Answers for Severe Gas and IBS-C Hi, I have been dealing with gastrointestinal issues since I was 12 years old. I am now 25 and every year my issue seems to get worse and worse. I am now in pain and uncomfortable every day. It all began in […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: “I’ve had IBS-M since I had memory” Hello, I’m 27 yo. I’ve had IBS-M since I had memory, it took along way down to be diagnosed in the past with the condition. Right now it’s been worse since I feel like this thing is progressing, I’ve never experienced an attack before, usually […]
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Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and the Military Service Member: What You Need to Know. An IFFGD Publication by: Mark S. Riddle, MD, DrPH (Captain, US Navy, retired), University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System, Reno, NV There is an old Civil War saying, “It takes good guts to […]