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Personal Story

Stopping the stigma and normalising the stoma

Posted: June 3 2020

A young woman in regional South Australia is trying to change the conversation around bowel disease in her local community, after being diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis. Riverland resident Aleysha Lange said she was a regular 20-year-old who enjoyed playing netball, reading, hanging out with friends and going to work. But since her bowel disease diagnosis […]

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Cholecystectomy linked with disease activity in Crohn’s

Posted: June 3 2020

Filippos Koutroumpakis, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition, said in a recorded presentation that removing the gallbladder allows for continuous drainage of bile acid into the gastrointestinal tract leading to the development of secondary bile acids, which have been shown to cause gene mutations and adenomas in animal studies. “In human […]

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The rundown of dietary supplements and their effects on inflammatory bowel disease

Some specific substances should be analysed for their benefits or drawbacks in the course of IBD. Such substances are probiotics, polyphenols, fibers, fatty acids, as well as certain low FODMAP diets to be discussed.

Inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are a life-long, chronic, and relapsing problem affecting 11.2 million people worldwide. To date, there is pharmacological therapy to treat symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal cramping/pain. These medications also help to alleviate everyday discomfort; however, there are no curative therapies. Recent studies have investigated […]

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Kathleen Baker didn’t let Crohn’s block her olympic dream – now she’s ready for another

Posted: May 28 2020

When swimmer Kathleen Baker started shedding pounds at the age of 12, she knew something wasn’t right, but was hesitant to admit it. She was already an elite athlete at that point with not much weight to lose. “I ran fevers for weeks and weeks on end,” Baker said, “I had pretty much every gastrointestinal […]

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Fungus in the gut

Posted: May 27 2020

Higher levels of a type of fungus in the gut are associated with better outcomes for patients with a type of inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis who are treated with gut microbes from healthy donors, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study, published April 15 in Cell Host & Microbe, […]

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I have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). What should I eat?

Posted: May 27 2020

New IBD dietary guidelines To help patients and providers navigate these nutritional questions, the International Organization of IBD (IOIBD) recently reviewed the best current evidence to develop expert recommendations regarding dietary measures that might help to control and prevent relapse of IBD. In particular, the group focused on the dietary components and additives that they felt were […]

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