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Annie’s Personal Story: Lifelong Struggle with Hiatal Hernia and Digestive Troubles I’ve experienced burping and digestive problems for my entire life. All foods seem to cause it, with the exception of water. I eat vegetables and fruit and small amounts of protein daily. Many years ago I was told by my MD that I had […]
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Larn Marni’s Personal Story: What helps my GERD I started getting problems with reflux in 2014, I would get the usual heart burn after eating certain types of acid forming foods which became frequent, I used to drink alcohol and spicy foods. the problem progressed to central/upper chest pain which I first thought was a […]
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I’ve had IBS-D for over 20years now and have learned that anything high in fiber, fast food, prepackaged foods, alcohol and even milks will keep me running to the bathroom 4-5 times a day. sometimes it just doesn’t matter what I eat, I’ll get bloated, pains and then the diarrhea will start the next day. […]
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Fernando’s Personal Story: Living with functional dyspepsia I have something similar to gastroparesis, its called functional dyspepsia. It is functional because in the laboratory exams, doctors didn’t find anything organic. Functional dyspepsia is very similar to gastroparesis. I can’t digest food well, as soon as I am done eating, I feel very full, and it […]
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Fernando’s Personal Story: Living with functional dyspepsia I have something similar to gastroparesis, its called functional dyspepsia. It is functional because in the laboratory exams, doctors didn’t find anything organic. Functional dyspepsia is very similar to gastroparesis. I can’t digest food well, as soon as I am done eating, I feel very full, and it […]
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I’ve had IBS-D for over 20years now and have learned that anything high in fiber, fast food, prepackaged foods, alcohol and even milks will keep me running to the bathroom 4-5 times a day. sometimes it just doesn’t matter what I eat, I’ll get bloated, pains and then the diarrhea will start the next day. […]
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Allison’s Personal Story: Severe Regurgitation and GERD I have severe regurgitation. I had to get an endoscopy done last year and I found out I have an open valve in my chest which means my food doesn’t digest properly and I’m stuck with throwing it back up everytime I eat/drink. It was manageable for my […]
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Allison’s Personal Story: Severe Regurgitation and GERD I have severe regurgitation. I had to get an endoscopy done last year and I found out I have an open valve in my chest which means my food doesn’t digest properly and I’m stuck with throwing it back up everytime I eat/drink. It was manageable for my […]
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Allison’s Personal Story: Severe Regurgitation and GERD I have severe regurgitation. I had to get an endoscopy done last year and I found out I have an open valve in my chest which means my food doesn’t digest properly and I’m stuck with throwing it back up everytime I eat/drink. It was manageable for my […]
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Larn Marni’s Personal Story: What helps my GERD I started getting problems with reflux in 2014, I would get the usual heart burn after eating certain types of acid forming foods which became frequent, I used to drink alcohol and spicy foods. the problem progressed to central/upper chest pain which I first thought was a […]
Disorder
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 […]
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Natalia’s Personal Story: Battling IBS-C as a College Student Well my story started about a year ago. I am a 22 year old female college student who before all this was pretty healthy. Also, let me add in i’m a hypochondriac. Anyways, I have always been pretty regular. I never thought about going to the […]