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Disorder
Introduction Constipation is defined as the experience one of more problems with bowel movements (BMs) such as infrequent bowel movements, hard and difficult to pass bowel movements, incomplete bowel movements, straining to have a bowel movement, prolonged duration of time needed to evacuate a bowel movement,use of digital maneuvers (use of fingers) to assist bowel […]
2013 IFFGD Research Award Recipient Jan Tack, MD, PhD This episode is hosted by IFFGD’s Hayley McCorkle and features our 2013 Research Award winner Dr. Jan Tack. Dr. Tack is a gastroenterologist who studied at the University of Leuven in Belgium. His studies focused heavily on esophageal motility disorders and achalasia. Dr. Tack’s research interests include […]
2013 IFFGD Research Award Recipient Dr. Niranga Manjuri Daranarayana, MD This episode is hosted by IFFGD’s Hayley McCorkle and features our 2013 Research Award Winner Dr. Niranga Manjuri Daranarayana. Dr. Daranarayana is the Head of the Department of Physiology at the University of Kelaniya. Her research focuses on Gi disorders, specifically ones that cause abdominal […]
Personal Story
Barbara’s Personal Story: Living with Gastroparesis and Seeking Support After 5 Years of Pain I have been suffering for 5 yrs. With pain and vomiting and was finally given a diagnosis this year of gastroparesis. It is so horriable. Im almost to the point i dont want to eat because i know whats following. Family […]
Personal Story
Sally’s Personal Story: Navigating IBS from Chronic Constipation to Sudden Diarrhea Hi I have suffered with IBS since 18 and then at 28 suddenly turned from urgency to go to chronic constipation. I now have chronic diarrhoea for nearly 3 months has anyone else had long spells of constipation and then sudden diarrhoea? Back to […]
Personal Story
Barbara’s Personal Story: Living with Gastroparesis and Seeking Support After 5 Years of Pain I have been suffering for 5 yrs. With pain and vomiting and was finally given a diagnosis this year of gastroparesis. It is so horriable. Im almost to the point i dont want to eat because i know whats following. Family […]
Personal Story
Sally’s Personal Story: Navigating IBS from Chronic Constipation to Sudden Diarrhea Hi I have suffered with IBS since 18 and then at 28 suddenly turned from urgency to go to chronic constipation. I now have chronic diarrhoea for nearly 3 months has anyone else had long spells of constipation and then sudden diarrhoea? Back to […]
Personal Story
Barbara’s Personal Story: Living with Gastroparesis and Seeking Support After 5 Years of Pain I have been suffering for 5 yrs. With pain and vomiting and was finally given a diagnosis this year of gastroparesis. It is so horriable. Im almost to the point i dont want to eat because i know whats following. Family […]
Personal Story
Sally’s Personal Story: Navigating IBS from Chronic Constipation to Sudden Diarrhea Hi I have suffered with IBS since 18 and then at 28 suddenly turned from urgency to go to chronic constipation. I now have chronic diarrhoea for nearly 3 months has anyone else had long spells of constipation and then sudden diarrhoea? Back to […]
Paul E. Hyman, MD Children’s Hospital at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Dr. Hyman is the recipient of the 2007 IFFGD Research Award for Senior Investigator – Pediatrics. Dr. Hyman’s research focused on pediatric gastrointestinal motility disorders, chronic visceral pain, and children’s functional gastrointestinal disorders. He found antroduodenal and colon manometry useful in characterizing the […]
Publication
Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (CIP) is the name given to a number of rare disorders that cause impaired gastrointestinal motility (movement in the digestive tract). A diagnosis of CIP is based on symptoms that occur when the intestine is blocked and on clinical findings. In pseudo-obstruction, the symptoms are caused not by a surgically correctable tumor, twist, or ulcer in the bowel, but by a problem having to do with the strength or coordination of the contractions that move along the contents of the bowel.