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Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a complex, challenging condition for patients, caregivers, doctors, and other health specialists. Treatment of the condition involves life-long therapies and approaches that need to be closely monitored. Successful management of SBS depends most strongly on an informed patient and caregivers working closely with a supportive team of healthcare providers. Working […]

  By choosing the appropriate test, a doctor can make a precise diagnosis of a structural upper gut disorder, such as esophagitis or peptic ulcer, by recognizing the diseased area. The patient’s history provides the information that permits the doctor to choose the right test. In the case of the disorders of gastrointestinal function, such […]

Nutrition Strategies for Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) Nutrition strategies aim to prevent malnutrition and dehydration and maintain the best possible nutrition status. This may include oral eating, enteral nutrition, and parenteral nutrition. All methods may be used by patients in their homes. Nutrition support specialists (registered dietitians, nurses, healthcare providers) play a key role in […]

Medications for SBS In recent years, pharmacological hormonal therapy (the use of hormones in medical treatment) has been introduced aiming to stimulate intestinal adaptation after intestinal resections. Clinical research involving growth hormone, glutamine, and glucagon-like peptide 2 growth hormone (GLP-2) have been studied for the treatment of SBS. Teduglutide (Gattex ®), a recombinant analog of […]

The most common treatments to reduce the discomfort of gas are changing diets, taking medicines, and reducing the amount of air swallowed. Diet Changes That May Help Gas Avoiding fermentable vegetables/carbohydrates like beans, broccoli, cabbage, and some artificial sweeteners like sorbitol (which is found in gum, candies, and some soft drinks) can lessen the amount […]

Hirschsprung’s disease, or congenital intestinal aganglionosis, is a lack of nerve cell bodies (ganglion cells) in a segment of the bowel. This interferes with the coordinated squeezing action called peristalsis, which normally moves intestinal contents forward. Symptoms of Hirschsprung’s Disease Hirschsprung’s disease is a rare condition that people are born with.  Symptoms usually begin within a […]

Clostridioides difficile infection or C. difficile is a bacterium that can infect the large bowel (or colon) and is a major cause of infectious colitis and diarrhea in healthcare settings around the world. Infectious colitis is redness, swelling, and inflammation of the colon. (It was formerly known as Clostridium difficile; however, was renamed after it […]

Lactose is a sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Lactose intolerance is a condition where symptoms occur after digesting this milk sugar. Symptoms are produced when lactose is not adequately absorbed in the digestive tract. Symptoms experienced after eating or drinking lactose-containing foods and beverages may include: watery stool or diarrhea abdominal cramps […]

Gastroparesis (GP) is a condition of slowed stomach emptying with no intestinal blockage. Healthcare providers often refer to this as delayed gastric emptying. This is considered a motility disorder where the stomach does not empty food as quickly as it should. Motility describes the movement of food and fluids through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Symptoms […]

Celiac Disease What You Need to Know Did you know more than 2 million Americans have celiac disease (CeD) but most of them don’t know it? What is celiac disease? CeD damages the small intestine. People with this disease can’t eat gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley and in some products such […]

Defining Functional Dysphagia Functional dysphagia is the sensation of solid and/or liquid foods sticking, lodging, or passing abnormally through the esophagus.  We swallow on average once every minute and this is supplemented by the production of saliva. Swallowing increases dramatically (6–8 times per minute) when we eat. When swallowing is disrupted, the consequences can be […]

¿Sólo hablas español? en españolTratamiento la Dispepsia Funcional: Cuáles son sus opciones? Dyspepsia is a common disorder that affects up to 30% of the general population. Symptoms of Dyspepsia Symptoms of dyspepsia include: upper abdominal pain or discomfort  frequently include symptoms of burning, pressure, or fullness often, but not necessarily, related to meals. early feeling […]