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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 […]

Progressive GI Symptoms: Could it be Scleroderma? Functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are extremely common. However, on rare occasions, people thought to have a functional GI disorder can develop progressive GI symptoms from another underlying condition. This is truly rare, but when symptoms do not respond as expected, or if symptoms get worse and worse despite […]

According to the dictionary, to belch is “to bring forth wind noisily from the stomach.” The interchangeable word “burp’ does not appear in some dictionaries, but it seems to mean, “cause to belch.” Belching after a large meal is a normal, necessary venting of air from the stomach. In some societies it is a gesture […]

The human body is amazing and also complicated. While one could argue that ‘everything’ has an impact on ‘everything’ else in the body (which it often does), for the purpose of understanding our health and disease we tend to organize the body into 12 major organ systems. These include the integumentary (skin), skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, […]