Digestive conditions such as GERD and colitis are best managed through targeted dietary triggers avoidance, nutritional therapy, and identifying biochemical markers.
Salmonella infection, one of the most common kinds of food poisoning, is caused by ingesting Salmonella bacteria, often from foods such as raw or undercooked meat or poultry. The symptoms of Salmonella infection include abdominal pain and cramps, muscle pain, chills, fever, nausea and vomiting.
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GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is a chronic condition with symptoms like acid reflux and heartburn. It occurs when stomach contents make their way back up the esophagus and into the throat or mouth area. This disease can occur in infants, children and adults.
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No matter how nutritious, your favorite foods won't do you any good in their natural, whole state. The nutrients your body gets from food must be small enough to absorb easily into your bloodstream.
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The pancreas, a small organ located behind your stomach, produces digestive enzymes that flow through the pancreatic ducts to the small intestine, where they help break down food particles into usable nutrients.
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Your pancreas secretes enzymes into the small intestines to help you digest food, it also secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon into your bloodstream to help you regulate blood sugar. Chronic pancreatitis is a prolonged inflammation of the pancreas.
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A painful, burning sensation in your chest, right behind the breastbone, could be heartburn, which is caused by a backup of your stomach contents into the food tube, or esophagus. Many people experience heartburn from time to time -- but if this occurs frequently, you may have gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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If you’ve been told that acidic foods, including soda pop, could cause stomach ulcers, you’ve been told a lie. For a while, even the medical community believed that eating highly acidic foods, stress and spicy food could cause stomach ulcers.
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Bloating is the feeling that your abdominal region is tight or distended. A common feeling after eating too much or eating foods that are hard to digest, it can also be caused by an allergic reaction to peanuts -- one of the most common food allergies.
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Popcorn is a healthy snack, because it provides few calories but a significant amount of fiber, which aids digestion.
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Leaky gut syndrome, also known as intestinal permeability, occurs when substances, such as partially digested food particles, toxins and bacteria, leak through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. Dietary changes are among the treatment options recommended to heal the damaged intestines.
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A hernia is caused by part an internal organ pushing through a weak area of muscle. Inguinal, or groin, hernias are the most common, according to MedlinePlus, but hernias can also occur in the abdominal wall.
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The sigmoid colon is the terminal section of your large intestines that attaches to the rectum and anus -- a sigmoid colectomy is a surgical procedure in which the sigmoid colon is resected.
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People who develop open skin sores called ulcers along the lining of the colon have a medical condition called ulcerative colitis. Ulcers in the colon are most frequently diagnosed in men and women between the ages of 15 and 30, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
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A colostomy stoma is a hole in the abdomen opening into the intestines. A colostomy is often needed when part of the colon or rectum is removed and allows stools moving through the intestines to drain out of the stoma and into a bag attached to the side, explains Medline Plus.
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Microscopic colitis is inflammation in the colon that can only be seen by a microscope. It has also been referred to as collagenous colitis, relating to the thickened layer of connective tissue in the colon’s lining, or lymphocytic colitis, referring to the increased level of white blood cells.
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The hiatus hernia, also called the hiatal hernia, can cause significant pain and discomfort, although some people may not have symptoms or have occasional bouts of digestive distress.
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Probiotics are bacterial species that don't cause infection in humans, but instead provide some sort of benefit to the digestive tract or other organ systems.
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Intestinal gas is a normal by-product of digestion, but excessive gas can cause loud, smelly flatulence, which can be both uncomfortable and downright embarrassing. Certain foods tend to increase the levels of intestinal gas, but not all of them cause foul-smelling flatulence.
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Women usually experience diarrhea sometime during their pregnancy. Diarrhea is described as loose and watery stools that occur several times a day.
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Blueberries are a healthy, sweet and tangy fruit often added to yogurt, cereal or simply eaten by the handful. Some people experience adverse reactions, such as diarrhea, when eating blueberries.
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