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Anonymous Personal Story: A long road to a diagnosis- Gastroparesis I write this at 6am as I suffer a flare up for the past week, luckily I haven’t thrown up yet today, This all started at a younger age i am now 20 Ive always experienced random stomachaches or would just randomly throw up every […]
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Lakysha’s Personal Story: My life changed forever April of 2009 changed my life forever. I’d just finished exercising and was hungry, wrapping up a long day monitoring betting sites for my freelance gig that always left me wired with adrenaline. I ate something with cheese on it, the next thing I knew, I was having […]
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I am a 51 year old woman. As a child (think 3 grade or so), I had constant constipation. Eventually, after a few years, it called itself down and I had a normal high school and college life (except what they thought was an ulcer, have since found out it was hiatal hernia). But then […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Finding Relief from IBS hello all….. i am 27 years old married gal.. rite from my childhood i was a healthy child in concern of digestion.. cud eat anything and was free from any digestive disorder.. but 7 months before.. things started changing.. exact before my marriage.. i had started developing stomach troubling […]
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Tia’s Personal Story: Overcoming IBS, Loneliness, and Finding Strength just when i thought nothing worse would happen to me after losing my father and grandfather, there it strikes and took away every spark every bit of confidence i had!i would never forget the day that brought all of this pain to my life. I was […]
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Ali’s Personal Story: IBS-C I was diagnosed at the age of 12 with IBS when I almost fell over in the mall with stomach cramps. I am a 22 year old with IBS-C and it is terrible. I get embarrassed in public because I have the worst gas, I work in a cubicle so my […]
Opioid induced constipation, or OIC, is a condition that affects how your digestive system works. Opioids are strong pain medicines that slow bowel movements, causing fewer or more difficulty having a bowel movement than normal. Hence the term “opioid-induced” constipation. Your healthcare provider might prescribe opioids if you have a condition that causes moderate to […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: Chronic Diarrhea and Suspected IBS at 19 I just put IBS because that’s what I think I have, i’m not actually sure what I have at the moment. I am a 19 year old girl, I’ve had diarrhea daily, sometimes multiple times in a day, for about 2 months straight, everyday. At […]
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Anonymous Personal Story: A long road to a diagnosis- Gastroparesis I write this at 6am as I suffer a flare up for the past week, luckily I haven’t thrown up yet today, This all started at a younger age i am now 20 Ive always experienced random stomachaches or would just randomly throw up every […]
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Martin’s Personal Story: Treating Suspected SIBO After IBS Diagnosis I had a tentative diagnosis of IBS by way of elimination. It started with a diagnosis of Enteropathogenic E. Coli and a prescription of ciprofloxacin to cure it. The antibiotics made it better, but the symptoms of loose stools didn’t go away. The next trip to […]
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Amber’s Personal Story: IBS – three letters that used to control my life. Through her blog, Eats and Exercise by Amber, and by becoming the face of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Outcome Study (IBSOS), Awareness Ambassador, Amber has worked to raise awareness of IBS and encourage hope and perseverance in all those suffering with the […]
Most people experience constipation from time to time. For millions of Americans, constipation symptoms do not last long. For others, constipation is a daily problem that has continued for many years. Some people begin having constipation as a child, while some develop it later in life. Research has shown that up to 70% of people […]