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Anonymous Personal Story: Managing GERD While Seeking Freedom from PPIs I’m currently in my mid-40s. Since I was in grade school, I’ve struggled with acid reflux – popping Tums and Rolaids every night for years, up through and beyond college. Then in my 20s, it got worse and I felt like I had a knot […]
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What is Short Bowel Syndrome? Short bowel syndrome (SBS), also known as short gut, is broadly described as a condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed because a large part of the small bowel is missing. This is most often due to defects existing at birth (congenital), or surgical removal of part of the […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: The older I become, the worse the symptoms get I*m writing from Europe and I don’t even know where to start this story of mine. I have lived with stomach issues majority of my life. The older I become, the worse the symptoms get, too. I’m almost 40 now. This issue does […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: The older I become, the worse the symptoms get I*m writing from Europe and I don’t even know where to start this story of mine. I have lived with stomach issues majority of my life. The older I become, the worse the symptoms get, too. I’m almost 40 now. This issue does […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: The older I become, the worse the symptoms get I*m writing from Europe and I don’t even know where to start this story of mine. I have lived with stomach issues majority of my life. The older I become, the worse the symptoms get, too. I’m almost 40 now. This issue does […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Managing GERD While Seeking Freedom from PPIs I’m currently in my mid-40s. Since I was in grade school, I’ve struggled with acid reflux – popping Tums and Rolaids every night for years, up through and beyond college. Then in my 20s, it got worse and I felt like I had a knot […]
The treatment of people with gastroparesis generally relies on: dietary modifications medications that enhance gastric emptying, and medications that reduce nausea and vomiting. Gastroparesis is characterized by symptoms and the confirmed delay of emptying of food from the stomach where no blockage is evident. In most individuals with gastroparesis, the cause of the disorder is […]
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Introduction: Common Questions about Short Bowel Syndrome What is short bowel syndrome? Short bowel syndrome (SBS), also known as short gut, is broadly described as a condition in which nutrients are not properly absorbed because a large part of the small bowel is missing. This is most often due to defects existing at birth (congenital), […]
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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 […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Navigating IBS-D I had been through a lot of stress and bereavement. I thought I was coping. I think I got signs of IBS a few years ago, when I had occasional bouts of unexplainable constipation out of the blue. But that was always better in 2 days by eating some more […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Navigating IBS-D I had been through a lot of stress and bereavement. I thought I was coping. I think I got signs of IBS a few years ago, when I had occasional bouts of unexplainable constipation out of the blue. But that was always better in 2 days by eating some more […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Navigating IBS-D I had been through a lot of stress and bereavement. I thought I was coping. I think I got signs of IBS a few years ago, when I had occasional bouts of unexplainable constipation out of the blue. But that was always better in 2 days by eating some more […]