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The 3 P’s and the Key to Understanding Your CYCLE OF PAIN AND DISCOMFORT By James E. “Jed” Foster, Jr., MA, LMFT I get downright giddy when I stumble across a simplified explanation of a complex process. Every once in a while, someone comes along with a brilliant alphanumeric masterpiece that helps us wrap […]
ACUPUNCTURE IN CROHN’S & ULCERATIVE COLITIS (IBD) Check out this excellent summary from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America’s website of an article in the journal IBD regarding the potential role that acupuncture may have as a complementary treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: https://site.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/research/clinical-trials-community/research-updates/acupuncture-in-inflammatory.html “Increased intestinal sensitivity leading to abdominal pain and […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: Mutation in serotonin can cause increase gut pain? Check out this article from Neuroscience News about a genetic mutation that leads to the malfunctioning of an enzyme critical for serotonin production and subsequent high levels of unpleasant physical symptoms, previously thought psychologic in cause. This may be very relevant to the roughly […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: CHANGES IN GUT BACTERIA MAY CAUSE FATIGUE IN IBD Check out the link from Healio describing a possible explanation for the fatigue that frequently affects patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis: “Fatigue in patients with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease could be coming from a dysbiosis in the gut microbiome, according to […]