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Kayla G’s Personal Story: Life with EDS Hi! My name is Kayla Gonerway. I am 18 years old, and I have been sick since I was a baby, with minor issues doctors couldn’t explain, from shaking nonstop to having issues going to the bathroom. Until the 8th grade year, I got COVID-19 and started to […]
Personal Story
Kayla G’s Personal Story: Life with EDS Hi! My name is Kayla Gonerway. I am 18 years old, and I have been sick since I was a baby, with minor issues doctors couldn’t explain, from shaking nonstop to having issues going to the bathroom. Until the 8th grade year, I got COVID-19 and started to […]
A comorbidity, or overlapping conditions, is when two or more conditions or diseases are present at the same time in a patient. For example, it is not at all unusual for a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to have fibromyalgia. This is a condition marked by pain, fatigue (tiredness), and tenderness in certain areas […]
Personal Story
Kayla G’s Personal Story: Life with EDS Hi! My name is Kayla Gonerway. I am 18 years old, and I have been sick since I was a baby, with minor issues doctors couldn’t explain, from shaking nonstop to having issues going to the bathroom. Until the 8th grade year, I got COVID-19 and started to […]
Gastrointestinal (GI) Motility is defined as the movement of food through the body’s GI tract. The GI tract includes all digestive organs and begins with the mouth and ends with the anus. Another name used by healthcare providers is neurogastromotility. This refers to the relationship between your nervous system and GI tract, and the effect […]
By: Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA Dr. Rosen was the 2005 recipient of the IFFGD Research Award to Pediatric Investigator, Clinical Science. Her current research focuses on the role of non-acid reflux in symptom development in children. In the studies that she and her colleagues have […]