Gastritis Overview – Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Gastritis may be just as common as the cold and flu. In fact, as many as 10% of visits to a hospital emergency room are attributed to gastritis when there’s …
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Can Crohn’s Disease Kill You?
Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, that causes inflammation of the digestive system. It can occur anywhere throughout the long digestive tract. Symptoms of Crohn’s can be …
Gastroparesis Overview – Symptoms, Causes, Treatments
Gastroparesis is a condition where food passes through the stomach without being digested properly. This causes nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, and other symptoms. If left untreated, gastroparesis can cause …
Malabsorption Syndrome Overview
Malabsorption – the failure to completely absorb nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract – is an enormous health care problem in the United States today. The list of causes, signs, symptoms, …
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Overview
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth syndrome (SIBO), also referred to as small bowel bacterial overgrowth (SBBO), is a condition wherein the small intestine (small bowel) becomes ripe with abnormally large amounts …
Ulcers and Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) Overview
It is estimated that 25 million Americans – nearly 1 in 10 – will develop ulcers in her or his lifetime. Today, approximately 20% of Americans under 40, and half …
Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis: Causes and Treatment
Diverticulosis and diverticulitis are technically two different digestive ailments that occur in the large intestine, your colon. You may not even realize you have diverticulitis. It’s pain free and usually …