About Incontinence IFFGD Events: Join IFFGD’s Annual Health and Wellness Event and help us raise money for GI research! The 2025 event will be August 23, 2025 – August 30, 2025. Register Now View all events COVIDs Impact on GI With the help of patients, caregivers, and our Industry Council, IFFGD has created a survey […]
About Constipation IFFGD Events: Join IFFGD’s Annual Health and Wellness Event and help us raise money for GI research! The 2025 event will be August 23, 2025 – August 30, 2025. Register Now View all events COVIDs Impact on GI With the help of patients, caregivers, and our Industry Council, IFFGD has created a survey […]
About Kids GI IFFGD Events: Join IFFGD’s Annual Health and Wellness Event and help us raise money for GI research! The 2025 event will be August 23, 2025 – August 30, 2025. Register Now View all events COVIDs Impact on GI With the help of patients, caregivers, and our Industry Council, IFFGD has created a […]
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Weston’s Personal Story: A Child’s Journey with Functional Gastrointestinal and Motility Disorders My five year old son Weston has struggled with gastrointestinal symptoms since he was born in 2010. These symptoms began as vomiting, diarrhea, failure to thrive, malabsorption syndrome, and acid reflux. The doctors first suggested that we eliminate certain foods in my diet because I was […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Finding Relief from IBS hello all….. i am 27 years old married gal.. rite from my childhood i was a healthy child in concern of digestion.. cud eat anything and was free from any digestive disorder.. but 7 months before.. things started changing.. exact before my marriage.. i had started developing stomach troubling […]
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Amber’s Personal Story: “I’ve been living with IBS since I was 12” I am a 30 year old female. I’ve been living with IBS since I was 12. Let’s just say some days feel so long when dealing with this problem. I remember as a teen waking up every night with stomach cramps. That’s how […]
By: Caroline Danda, PhD, Prairie Village, KS Dr. Danda is the recipient of the IFFGD 2003 Research Award to Pediatric Investigator, Clinical Science. Dr. Danda’s research projects include examining the physiological and psychosocial factors associated with functional dyspepsia and examining the effectiveness of several treatment protocols for children with functional dyspepsia; examining the effectiveness of noninvasive, […]
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Sarah’s Personal Story: This has been my journey with my mystery illness It all started back in January of 2017. I changed my diet a bit, and decided to start eating more salads. On this particular day, within 30 of consuming the food, I was sprinting to the restroom with horrible diarrhea and burning abdominal […]
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Lawrence’s Personal Story: Parkinson’s Disease and Constipation I have been a sufferer of constipation since I was a boy. I am now 65 years old and have Parkinson for 15 years. As I am aware, most patients of Parkinson usually have constipation and I am not an exception. My constipation symptoms has been deteriorating as […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Coping with IBS-C After Injuries I am a female 18 year old with IBS-C.After the cheerleading season ended I started to notice many different things going on around my body. I started out with my coccyx hurting. Every time I sat down I felt pain, needles and numbness all around the tailbone […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: “I am 17 and I’ve been diagnosed with IBS-C” Hello, I am 17 and I’ve been diagnosed with Ibs-c for about a year. For a long time now I’ve been struggling with my ibs because of the intense pain and nasuea I feel on a daily basis. It’s hard to live a […]
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