Disorder
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome or SMAS is a rare disease with an estimated incidence of about 0.1% to 0.3%. While anyone can get this disease, it is more often found in young adults and adolescents, typically aged 10 to 39 years old. Females are more likely to be diagnosed over males; although, this could […]
Disorder
Nearly everyone experiences unwanted digestive issues now and again. Sometimes these may be minor, other times they may be very disruptive. A number of symptoms that occur together may characterize irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or another functional GI disorder. Whether or not digestive symptoms arise from functional GI disorders, there may […]
Personal Story
Anonymous Personal Story: Living with GERD Since Childhood Both my parents have stomach deceases so I was bond to get one. My started when I was 10 or 11 years old. I had caught the regular flu bug but it was different it also had a pain that I could never describe. After I had […]
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Anonymous Personal Story with fecal incontinence: “DO NOT QUIT” Several years ago I began having episodes of fecal incontinence at night while asleep. Sometimes every few months or multiple times a week. I chalked it up to the frequent diarrhea I had been having since my gastric bypass in 2002. Then I began having minor […]
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Rebecca’s Personal Story: “If it is not my right to get the medicine I need, I must change citizenship to a free country” My story begins and ends with a plea to lawmakers. Our Declaration of Independence lists our “inalienable rights” of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. I ask you to give me […]
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Trisha’s Personal Story: My Gastroparesis Story My name is Trisha and I am sharing my personal story to give you an inside look at what it’s like living with this awful and misunderstood disease. I have had GI-related issues and numerous sporadic episodes of being unable to eat due to pain and nausea/vomiting for many […]
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Hi everyone was I pleased to find this page as I’m at my wits end iv even starting goin to church ( which is something iv never done before but I do believe in my angels) iv suffered badly with EDS and everything that goes with it and as a child with unkind cruel parents […]
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Problems started around 10 yrs. old with very bad gasteral pains on rare occasions until 19 then was in car accident and 6 months later had exploratory surgery for torn entestine and hernia and removed appendix while they were already in there. Had 2 inches below stomach removed doc said I would be on Rolaids […]
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I was 14 when I was diagnosed with GERD. I was healthy, a varsity soccer player, a straight-A student, and I almost never missed a day of school, until GERD came into my life. I was playing in a soccer game on a hot day, when I had difficultly breathing, chest pain, and I started […]
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Kaylee’s Personal Story: Constipation and IBS I think I was a sensitive, anxious person from the moment I was born. After my parents took me home, I slept a LOT for about a week straight before finally beginning to take in the world around me. And take it in I did—all of it, all the […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: “I’ve learned to ignore the ignorance of people” I’m a female in my 40’s and I first developed gastrointestinal problems in 2008 after about 3 viral gastro bugs at end of 2007. I first noticed IBS-D when I used to be out exercising daily and I’d have to run back home because […]
DDH Chat
Patients Help Patients Receive Care at the University of Louisville GI Motility Clinic Gastroparesis Support Services, Inc. co-founder, Patrick Dunegan, talks about how the organization got started and reflects on what can happen when patients support patients. For many individuals with gastroparesis, obtaining a diagnosis and receiving knowledgeable care often means traveling great distances to […]