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Natasha’s Personal Story: stretches for gerd I have been experiencing GERD symptoms for the last 2 years. When it first started in 2021, I had to take PPIs for three months to suppress the acid enough to stop my cough attacks, after that almost for a year, no more symptoms of GERD for me. Although, […]
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Natasha’s Personal Story: stretches for gerd I have been experiencing GERD symptoms for the last 2 years. When it first started in 2021, I had to take PPIs for three months to suppress the acid enough to stop my cough attacks, after that almost for a year, no more symptoms of GERD for me. Although, […]
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Dee’s Personal Story: Living with the Daily Struggles of IBS I have been ill for exactly 1 year this month. My problems started out of the blue, i fell ill one night and never got better. I had diarrhoea, stomach and back pains so bad I couldn’t stand, nausea and couldn’t eat anything for 6 […]
Advocating for Digestive Health An Advocate is someone who is passionate about making a difference for the benefit for themself and other community members. Most people assume that advocacy means reaching out to lawmaker. However, it actually begins much closer to home. You can make a difference by starting right at the healthcare providers office. […]
Most people learn of medical progress through the media. Whether through short clips on radio or TV or detailed articles in the press, scarcely a day passes without a report of a health development, and how it might affect you. Yet this news is often unhelpful. Exaggerated cures, contradictions, and plainly misleading information can do […]
Award for Clinical Science Investigator Dr. Pauwels began her research career at the Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium where she studied gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with cystic fibrosis, looking at both typical and atypical symptoms of reflux disease. After obtaining a scholarship from […]
What Do Surveys Tell Us? Surveys are an important way to learn more about the experience of living with a digestive disorder. View results of surveys conducted by IFFGD and learn what investigators are finding as they search for answers to help those with digestive disorders. View IBS in the Real World Publication Results of […]
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Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
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Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]
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Jovaan’s Personal Story: Her Son’s Battle with Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction I am Michele Wilson from Simi Valley, California and I am a single mom. My seven year old son, Jovaan started having gastroenterologist intestinal problems when he was 4 months old. We were living in Florida when my son was first born and I remember […]