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Michaelynn’s Personal Story: Battling Persistent Diarrhea, Weight Loss, and a Gastroparesis Diagnosis My issues started in 2009 and it all started with persistant diarrhea, indigestion, heart palpitations and nausea. I was working a full time job and struggled to make it through each day with the diarrhea. They prescribed every drug for reflux but they […]
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Julene’s Personal Story- Gastroparesis and a GJ tube! I was officially diagnosed with Gastroparesis in March of 2014. However, my doctors feel that I have been suffering from it for much longer. In 2007 following a surgical biopsy I was diagnosed with Reflux. I had started experiencing classic reflux symptoms with heartburn and a lump […]
Testimony
IFFGD President and Co-Founder, Nancy J. Norton submitted the following written statement on October 25, 2012 to the Food and Drug Administration Division of Dockets Management in response to docket number: FDA-2012-N-0967, the Prescription Drug User Fee Act Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting: Thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the International Foundation […]
What causes reflux? After swallowed food travels down the esophagus, it stimulates cells in the stomach to produce acid and pepsin (an enzyme), which aid digestion. A band of muscle at the lower part of the esophagus, called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES), acts as a barrier to prevent the back-flow (reflux) of stomach contents […]
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Carol’s Personal Story: ” I can look 5 months pregnant from eating absolutely nothing in the day.” Hi my name is Carol and I have suffered from IBS for about 12 years now. The hardest part for me and still is the accepting I have it. It impacts the quality of your life so much. […]
What is GERD? Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common condition where stomach contents flow back (reflux) into the esophagus (food tube) causing troublesome symptoms and/or possible damage to the esophagus. GERD is a chronic disease for which long-term medical therapy is usually effective. Learn More about GERD What are the common signs and symptoms […]
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Charmane’s Personal Story: “It’s hard living with GERD.” I have been diagnosed with GERD last year, month of October. I did 3 bad things at the same time. I eat oranges, nuggets and then drank my antibiotic then I sleep immediately just to wake up after an hour with a burning sensation in my throat […]
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Leah’s Personal Story: The Uncertainty of an IBS Diagnosis I’m 30 years old and my noticeable stomach issues started when I was about 20, I remember living in a student house in Uni and literally sprinting to the bathroom so I didn’t have an accident. At first I just thought I’d eaten something off, but […]
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Abiodun’s Personal Story: Diagnosed with GERD: Battling Anxiety and Isolation I was diagnosed with gerd 5 years ago, I wasn’t funny at first because I knew nothing about it, I had heaviness in my chest, difficulty breathing, back throat mucus and all the discomforts. My main fear was when I started having anxiety and panic […]
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Jen’s Personal Story: “I Just Want to Eat a Normal Meal Without Stomach Pain” About 3 1/2 years ago I started getting severe heartburn, especially at night, and after drinking water. Would just take antacids and brush it off, about a year after that I started choking on my food, first time I was Christmas […]
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Carol’s Personal Story: ” I can look 5 months pregnant from eating absolutely nothing in the day.” Hi my name is Carol and I have suffered from IBS for about 12 years now. The hardest part for me and still is the accepting I have it. It impacts the quality of your life so much. […]
Personal Story
Leah’s Personal Story: The Uncertainty of an IBS Diagnosis I’m 30 years old and my noticeable stomach issues started when I was about 20, I remember living in a student house in Uni and literally sprinting to the bathroom so I didn’t have an accident. At first I just thought I’d eaten something off, but […]