Let a patient's age and specific symptoms steer your initial investigation. Consider treatment options beyond antibiotics for H pylori gastritis and PPIs.
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Am J Gastroenterol
November 2024
Digestive System Research Unit, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (Ciberehd), UniversitatAutònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Introduction: It is not clear whether patients with postprandial symptoms enjoy the meal.
Methods: Prospective trial in patients with postprandial distress syndrome and healthy controls, comparing their responses with stepwise ingestion of a comfort meal.
Results: Healthy individuals (N = 18) enjoyed the meal and experienced digestive well-being.
Neurogastroenterol Motil
December 2024
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA.
Background: GI-specific psychological factors are important contributors to patients' symptom experience and quality of life across all disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI). Clinicians' ability to recognize the role of these psychological factors is essential for formulating a biopsychosocial case conceptualization and informing treatment decisions.
Purpose: This article will familiarize gastroenterology providers with conceptualizing the role of GI-specific psychological factors in DGBI and provides stepwise, practical guidance for how to assess these during clinical encounters in a time-efficient manner.
Breastfeed Med
July 2024
Dept of Pediatrics, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, New Zealand.
: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the duration of breastfeeding in infancy reduces the risk of childhood leukemia or lymphoma, and modifies the risk of developing functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs). This case-control study involved the recruitment of children with lymphoid malignancy and functional gastrointestinal symptoms with healthy children as controls. Focused questionnaires were used to collect data on breastfeeding history and other key risk factors.
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June 2024
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.
Objective: The objective of this study is to compare the psychosocial characteristics of functional dyspepsia (FD) with its subgroups, epigastric pain syndrome (EPS) and postprandial distress syndrome (PDS), against a healthy control group, and to investigate the quality of life (QoL).
Methods: All of the subjects were 210 adults, 131 patients with FD were diagnosed by gastroenterologist and 79 adults with no observable symptoms of FD were selected as the normal control group. Demographic factors were investigated.
Am J Gastroenterol
April 2024
Blizard Institute, Wingate Institute of Neurogastroenterology, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are common in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/hypermobility spectrum disorder (hEDS/HSD). Food is a known trigger for DGBI symptoms, which often leads to dietary alterations and, increasingly, nutrition support. We aimed to explore dietary behaviors and influencing factors in patients with hEDS/HSD.
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