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1. Fact Sheet: Diarrhea (In Adults and Children)

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   By: Information Adapted from the National Diseases Information Clearinghouse NIH

   Diarrhea - loose, watery stools occurring more than three times in one day - is a common problem that usually lasts a day or two and goes away on its own without any special treatment. However, prolonged diarrhea can be a sign of other problems. People with diarrhea may pass more than a quart of stool a day. Diarrhea can cause dehydration, which means the body lacks enough fluid to function properly. Dehydration is particularly dangerous in children and the elderly, and it must be treated promptly to avoid serious health problems. Causes, treatment, and prevention are discussed. Revised and updated 2009.

   Topics: Diarrhea, Diarrhea, loose stools
   Non-Member Price: FREE

2. Fact Sheet: Your Digestive System and How It Works

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   By: Information Adapted from the National Diseases Information Clearinghouse NIH

   The digestive system is a series of hollow organs joined in a long, twisting tube from the mouth to the anus. A description of why digestion is important, how food is digested, how food moves through the digestive system, nutrients, and how the process is controlled. Revised and updated 2009.

   Topics: Digestive System, Digestive System, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Motility, Other Disorders/Symptoms
   Non-Member Price: FREE

3. Brochure, Fact Sheet: Strategies for Establishing Bowel Control

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   By: Mary K. Plummer, OTR, BCIA-PMBD

   Bowel training refers to behavioral programs designed to help people with bowel disorders establish or reestablish control. Individuals with symptoms of inability to control bowel movements, incomplete emptying, or chronic constipation may benefit from these programs.

   Also available offline as a glossy color brochure (3.5" x 8.5"). Contact IFFGD for details.

   Topics: Bowel urgency, Fecal soiling, incontinence, Incontinence
   Non-Member Price: FREE

4. Fact Sheet: Dietary and Nutritional Recommendations for Patients with Gastroparesis

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   By: Carol Rees Parrish, RD, MS; Edy Soffer, MD; Henry P. Parkman, MD

   The treatment of patients with gastroparesis generally relies on dietary modifications, medications that enhance gastric emptying, and medications that reduce nausea and vominting. This article offers tips for overcoming nausea, vomiting, and stomach fullness using dietary measures.

   Topics: Diet, Foods, Gastroparesis, Stomach Disorders, Stomach Disorders
   Non-Member Price: $0.99

5. Fact Sheet: Dietary and Nutritional Recommendations for Patients with Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying)

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   By: Carol Rees Parrish, RD, MS; Henry C. Lin, MD; Henry P. Parkman, MD

   Dumping syndrome describes a collection of symptoms that occurs when food is emptied too quickly from the stomach, filling the small intestine with undigested food that is not adequately prepared to permit efficient absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Symptoms include nausea, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, dizzy spells, weakness, and cold sweats either with or after eating. Medical management involves dietary changes, and at times, the use of medications.

   Topics: Diarrhea, loose stools, Diet, Foods, Motility, Other Disorders/Symptoms, Stomach Disorders, Stomach Disorders
   Non-Member Price: $0.99

6. Fact Sheet: Electrical Stimulation and Pacing for Digestive Disorders: a Status Report

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   By: Paul E. Hyman, MD; Richard W. McCallum, MD

   Nerves and muscles respond actively to an electric stimulus. The role and progress for electrical pacing and stimulation in the gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach as well as the intestines, and treatment possibilities for disorders such as chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and severe constipation are discussed.

   Topics: Colonic inertia, Pseudo-obstruction, Colonic motility, inertia, pseudo-obstruction, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, Gastroparesis, Gastroparesis, Motility, Stomach Disorders, Stomach Disorders
   Non-Member Price: $0.99

7. Fact Sheet: 7-Day Diary

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   By: International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders IFFGD

   For reflux disease (GERD) or chronic heartburn, a one week daily diary to help you get the most out of your next doctor visit.

   Topics: Esophageal Disorders, GER, GERD, GER, GERD, Heartburn, IFFGD, General Interest
   Non-Member Price: FREE

8. Brochure, Fact Sheet: Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction

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   By: Paul E. Hyman, MD

   Your child has been diagnosed as having intestinal pseudo-obstruction or some other form of chronic gastrointestinal motility disorder. This brochure has been written to help you understand these disorders and the effects they may have on your child.

   Also available offline as a glossy color brochure (3.5" x 8.5"). Contact IFFGD for details.

   Topics: Colonic inertia, Pseudo-obstruction, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, Motility
   Non-Member Price: $0.99

9. Brochure: Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants and Children

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   By: Carlo DiLorenzo, MD; Mark S. Glassman, MD

   This article is intended to answer some commonly asked questions from parents/caregivers of infants and children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER). GER is the movement of stomach contents into the esophagus.

   Topics: GER, GERD, Tests, upper GI tract
   Non-Member Price: $0.99

10. Brochure: Hirschsprung's Disease

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    By: Jacob C. Langer, MD; International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders IFFGD

    This fact sheet was written to answer questions about Hirschsprung's disease, treatment, surgery, and follow up.

    Topics: Anal, Rectal Disorders, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, Hirschsprung's Disease, Motility
    Non-Member Price: $0.99