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Grace’s Personal Story: COVID-19 and Gastroparesis I contracted COVID-19 in 2021, and by 2022, I had lost 100 lbs and was taking in as few as 200 calories a day due to constant nausea. It took a year and a half (as well as numerous hospitalizations and thousands of dollars in medical debt) to get […]
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Anon’s Personal Story: Digestive Pain and the Uncertainty of an IBS Diagnosis Firstly, thank you all for sharing your stories. Two hours into my latest “attack” (we’re in for a long night people) and I feel comfort in knowing that there are others who understand me. I’ve always had problems with my digestion, I remember […]
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Anonymous Personal Story- “I remember screaming whenever I had a bowel movement” Hello – I had an umbilical hernia repaired at age 5. I remember having constipation issues my entire life, and remember screaming whenever I had a bowel movement. My mother’s sister had a twisted intestine at age 22 and died during surgery while […]
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Jorge Castto’s Personal Story: Battling Rectal Prolapse, Constipation, and Chronic GI Pain Hi everyone, my name is Jorge and I currently live in north Georgia. About a week ago during one of my frustrations, I stumbled upon this website. And I am just astonished at the story’s and even though I know that GI problems […]
IFFGD has created a special 30th-anniversary Digestive Health Matters Magazine. IFFGD has worked with patients, families, physicians, regulators, employers, and others to broaden the understanding of GI disorders, support and encourage research and improve digestive health in adults and children. [3d-flip-book mode=”fullscreen” id=”19612″][/3d-flip-book] Interested in connecting with IFFGD? Learn more about how to join […]
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I am 26 and was diagnosed with irritable bowel at the age of 8, it was braught on by severe stress and chronic constipation when my brother was still born. I get constant cramps, day and night and can cry because the pain is so intense, I can go weeks without emptying my bowels and […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Struggling with Spastic Colon, IBS, and GERD I bumped into this website researching Spastic Colon/IBS I have suffered with constipation since age 38. I am now age 61. I have also battled chronic GERD from ages 49-57. Now I am battling a spastic colon that my gastro doc says I […]
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Joan’s Personal Story: IBS After Cancer Treatment God bless you for this site.Sharing with ppl who UNDERSTAND helps! @62, I was dx with very invasive breast cancer.Since I had such fierce cancer, I was given LOTS of VERY strong chemo. One is KNOWN to ruin heart function.But the one that brought me here was one […]
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Alex’s Personal Story: Chronic IBS and Functional GI Disorders Hi, I’m Alex, Male 25 yrs. I would like my story about my sufferings from GI disorders. I still remember the day when it all started, all of a sudden. It was a fine day in the year 2008 & I was in my high […]
By: Miranda A. L. van Tilburg, PhDUNC Center for functional GI and Motility Disorders, Chapel Hill, NC Dr. Van Tilburg is the recipient of the 2007 IFFGD Research Award for Junior Investigator – Pediatrics. Dr. van Tilburg has a special interest in pediatric GI. Firstly, because of the lack of well conducted research in children […]
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Anon’s Personal Story: Digestive Pain and the Uncertainty of an IBS Diagnosis Firstly, thank you all for sharing your stories. Two hours into my latest “attack” (we’re in for a long night people) and I feel comfort in knowing that there are others who understand me. I’ve always had problems with my digestion, I remember […]
2021 Norton Education Series: 30th Anniversary Edition Professor Exhibitor Level: Salix Salix Pharmaceuticals is one of the largest specialty pharmaceutical companies in the world committed to the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. For more than 30 years, Salix has licensed, developed, and marketed innovative products to improve patients’ lives and arm healthcare providers with […]