Digestive conditions such as GERD and colitis are best managed through targeted dietary triggers avoidance, nutritional therapy, and identifying biochemical markers.
A stomach burn after you eat oranges is most likely associated with a digestive condition that is irritated by the acid in oranges. It’s important to see your health care provider to determine the cause of the burning sensation.
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Whether you are an athlete or participate in regular exercise, your lower extremities endure a tremendous amount of stress with each move you make. As a result, pain along your shin bones may occur. While pain may seen unexplained at times, there are numerous causes of shin pain.
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Anal itching and burning is a symptom associated with a variety of causes. A variety of self-care measures can often relieve the symptoms. However, medical attention is required if home treatments do not relieve symptoms because they may be a sign of a more serious condition.
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Your newborn’s diarrhea can be unpleasant, particularly if it is foul-smelling and leaks from the diaper. It can also be alarming if you notice that your baby’s stool is green in color rather than the typical yellow or brownish shades you are used to seeing.
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Rice is served in a variety of dishes, including soups, casseroles and even desserts. It is a staple food that is typically easy on your digestive system and is commonly recommended to treat diarrhea. Stomach pain after eating rice is not a common symptom for most people and needs to be assessed by your doctor.
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Acid reflux disease, sometimes referred to as Gastroesophogeal Reflux Disease (GERD), causes people worldwide to suffer from painful symptoms of heartburn and chest discomfort.
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When you have heartburn -- a painful, burning sensation behind or below the breastbone -- you might be quick to blame it on something you ate. But persistent or frequent heartburn that disrupts your well-being or daily life might be more than a matter of your diet.
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Sit ups are an effective exercise to strengthen and tone your abdominal muscles, but the stress they put on your muscles and digestive system can cause pain. Severe pain can indicate issues including cramps, a strained muscle, and problems with your stomach and intestines.
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Lymphocytic colitis occurs when all or part of your large or small intestines becomes inflamed. Symptoms include fecal incontinence, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, weight loss and nausea.
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Toddlers are prone to stomach upset, due in part to the immaturity of their digestive system. Acid reflux -- the backward flow of stomach contents into the food pipe, or esophagus -- is very common and usually harmless in infants.
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Without magnesium, your body could not properly digest foods. Your body uses the mineral magnesium to aid in the digestion process and to help regulate copper, potassium, zinc, vitamin D and calcium levels within your body. Magnesium also helps muscles contract and activates enzymes that your body needs.
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It may not be your favorite routine health task, but you need to at least glance at your stool once in a while. Changes in diet and possible medical conditions can be indicated by the color of your stool. Often, it is nothing to worry about.
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Diverticulosis occurs when small pouches in the large intestine bulge outward through weak spots. According to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, or NDDIC, 10 percent of Americans older than 40, and half of people older than 60, have diverticulosis.
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The human digestive system is a system of organs and glands that processes the food we eat. When the system works as it should, we can eat food and digest its nutrients to provide our bodies with the energy and nutrition we need.
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Pain in your lower left abdominal while exercising is not uncommon. If you only feel this pain while working out, it is probably nothing more than a side stitch or side ache. But, according to MayoClinic.
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Diverticulitis is the inflammation of abnormal pouches that bulge outward through the wall of the colon. The pouches are known as diverticuli, and the condition of having the pouches is known as diverticulosis. When the pouches become inflamed, the condition is known as diverticulitis.
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Preparation-H was introduced to the US, by American Home Products, around 1935. Preparation-H originally started as a sunburn ointment before it was marketed as the, now popular, hemorrhoid treatment.
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Diarrhea, one of the most common childhood illnesses, has numerous causes in toddlers, from allergy to infection.
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Diverticular disease is a chronic digestive disorder with two phases: a chronic condition known as diverticulosis and an acute disorder called diverticulitis.
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Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis is the sudden inflammation of the pancreas. This leads to death of pancreatic tissue and the formation of lesions, causing extensive bleeding.
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