Challenging Case in Clinical Practice: Implementation of a Functional Medicine Detox Food Plan Results in Lower Levels of Alanine Transaminase Enzymes and Resolves Chronic Gastrointestinal Symptoms Related to Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Stacey Schott ◽  
Deanna Minich
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer X Cai ◽  
Punyanganie S. de Silva

During pregnancy many chronic gastrointestinal disorders can undergo exacerbations. In addition, pregnant women are often susceptible to new gastrointestinal symptoms. The goal of care is to control symptoms, minimize exposure to excessive tests and medications and rule out any urgent need for surgery.  Efforts should be made to minimize risk to mother and fetus when performing diagnostic endoscopic and radiologic tests. In this chapter, we will review the current management of common gastrointestinal disorders during pregnancy, including gastro-esophageal reflux disease, constipation, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease and gall stone disease. The safety of medications used to treat gastrointestinal disease will be reviewed and new treatment guidelines and concepts will be discussed. This review contains 5 tables, 4 figures and 55 references. Key words: appendicitis, cholelithiasis, constipation, Crohn’s disease, gall stones, gastrointestinal disease, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, jaundice, pregnancy, ulcerative colitis 


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2413-2416
Author(s):  
Kamran Almani ◽  
Shakir Hussain Keerio ◽  
Shaista Zeb ◽  
Imran Arshad ◽  
Saqib Ali

Background and Aim: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a physiological passage of stomach contents into the esophagus. It is basically the pathological complications and symptoms. Endoscopy is a gold standard investigation tool that eliminates the gastroesophageal reflux disease co-morbidities such as malignancy and Barret’s esophagus. The present study was carried out to evaluate the correlation between endoscopic findings and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Materials and Methods: This intervention cross-sectional study was carried out on 109 gastro esophageal reflux disease patients in Gastroenterology department of Isra University Hospital, Hyderabad for six months duration from January 2021 to June 2021. Suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease patients were assessed thoroughly by physical examination, history, and endoscopy for gastrointestinal symptoms. Severity, symptom type, duration, and frequency were assessed as clinical symptoms. The upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings were evaluated in terms of esophageal erosions, and their grades such as Grade A, Grade B, Grade C, and Grade D. The endoscopy abnormal findings such as hernia, esophagus, malignancy, and Barret’s esophagus were correlated with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Result: Out of 109 patients, 78 (71.5%) were females while 31 (28.5%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 43.54 ± 7.3 years with an age range between 25 and 67 years and the mean BMI was 43.34 ± 5.76 kg/m2. Gastro esophageal reflux disease symptoms such as malignancy and Barrett’s esophagus shown no evidence on pre-operative endoscopy. About 29 (26.6%) patients had normal endoscopy. The symptomatic patients were 80 (73.4%) which were categorized based on LA classifications into Grade A 62 (77.5%), Grade B 13 (16.3%), Grade C 3 (3.8%) and Grade D 2 (2.5%). Based on the reflux score system, patients were distributed as mild 43 (53.8%), moderate 11 (13.8%), severe 5 (6.3%), and very severe 21 (26.3%). Conclusion: Our study found a significant correlation between gastro esophageal reflux disease and endoscopy esophagitis findings. Pre-operative endoscopy should be carried for abnormal endoscopy in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Keywords: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, Endoscopy, Esophagitis


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer X Cai ◽  
Punyanganie S. de Silva

During pregnancy many chronic gastrointestinal disorders can undergo exacerbations. In addition, pregnant women are often susceptible to new gastrointestinal symptoms. The goal of care is to control symptoms, minimize exposure to excessive tests and medications and rule out any urgent need for surgery.  Efforts should be made to minimize risk to mother and fetus when performing diagnostic endoscopic and radiologic tests. In this chapter, we will review the current management of common gastrointestinal disorders during pregnancy, including gastro-esophageal reflux disease, constipation, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease and gall stone disease. The safety of medications used to treat gastrointestinal disease will be reviewed and new treatment guidelines and concepts will be discussed. This review contains 5 tables, 4 figures and 55 references. Key words: appendicitis, cholelithiasis, constipation, Crohn’s disease, gall stones, gastrointestinal disease, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, jaundice, pregnancy, ulcerative colitis 


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