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Chris’ Personal Story: “it was like someone turned off a switch in my gut” My childhood, no bowel problems. However, as I got older, here they came. First, I would be normal in my bathroom routine, then one day, it was like someone turned off a switch in my gut. I was constipated, then I’d […]
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Tracy’s Personal Story: Navigating IBS-D After Years of Digestive Struggles Mine started in 2018 I got cellulitis and was put on antibiotics, a week later I was eating something with onions and at three am I woke up in pain horrible pain, a lot of gas as well. I rush to the bathroom and got […]
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Gera’s Personal Story: “I am scared of developing cancer in the future.” I developed GERD and IBS about 2.5 years ago. I went through a lot of stressful life events and ever since then I’ve been suffering from neverending stomach pain/ cramping and horrible acid creeping up my throat, especially when I’m trying to sleep […]
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Chris’ Personal Story: “it was like someone turned off a switch in my gut” My childhood, no bowel problems. However, as I got older, here they came. First, I would be normal in my bathroom routine, then one day, it was like someone turned off a switch in my gut. I was constipated, then I’d […]
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Gera’s Personal Story: “I am scared of developing cancer in the future.” I developed GERD and IBS about 2.5 years ago. I went through a lot of stressful life events and ever since then I’ve been suffering from neverending stomach pain/ cramping and horrible acid creeping up my throat, especially when I’m trying to sleep […]
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My first father’s day was certainly not as I had imagined, far from the lighthearted escapes we’d occasionally sought amid our long fertility journey through Southern states exploring new horizons. We were in a strange city, in a huge hospital and within the upcoming days my wife, Tammy and I, would be making the most […]
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I am a 70 year old woman who was diagnosed with IBS-D about 25 years ago, though I think I had mild symptoms for 15 years before that. Since then, I have gone through many different treatments and approaches, and have visited numerous doctors and practitioners. Some things worked for a while, but then stop […]
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Josh’s Personal Story: IBS-SIBO Survivor My name is Josh and I am a fellow IBS-SIBO Survivor. Like a lot of people I’ve struggled with the digestive disease throughout my life. I’ve been at a point where it was hard seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I have managed being a college baseball […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Managing IBS, Functional Dyspepsia, and GERD I have been reading these stories for years, thank you to all who shared. Time to give back. IBS-like symptoms around age 18: bloating, gassiness, diarrhea, constipation, smelly and excessive gas. At age 24, I started having severe stomach pains, elevated heart rate, and sinus […]
By: Shaheen Hamdy, MRCP, PhDHope Hospital, Salford, United Kingdom Dr. Hamdy was the 2005 recipient of the IFFGD Junior Investigator, Clinical Science Research Award. Dr. Hamdy has specific interest in the human brain-gut axis, in particular investigating the central neural control of human swallowing. Over the last three years, much of this work has revolved […]
By: Bridget R. Southwell, PhD, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Dr. Southwell is the 2005 recipient of the IFFGD Research Award to Pediatric Investigator, Basic Science. She has brought her skills in basic neurogastroenterology to understanding the causes of functional disturbances of colonic motility in children. She has […]