Click here to download a PDF of this information. Short Bowel Syndrome Short bowel syndrome (SBS) occurs when the small intestine ceases to function properly due to trauma, disease activity, or when too much of it has been removed. SBS [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Lactose Intolerance What is lactose intolerance? Human infants produce an enzyme called lactase to help digest lactose, the sugar found in human and other animal milk. Interestingly, lactose is also found [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Eosinophils (e-o-sin-o-fills) are a type of white blood cell that are a normal part of the immune system. When triggered by allergies or infection, eosinophils increase in number [...]
Click here to download a PDF of this information. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) If you suffer from the following ongoing symptoms, you might have IBS: Abdominal Pain Bloating Constipation Diarrhea IBS is a chronic, often debilitating, functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder [...]
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Say What? Let’s say that you are a female around 35 years of age. Over the past several months, you have experienced unexplained fatigue and general body itching (pruritus). Finally, you go to see your family doctor, [...]
Autoimmune Hepatitis The immune system’s job is to protect the body against harmful substances or diseases but, on occasion, it malfunctions and starts to attack some of its own tissues and organs. Examples of the more common autoimmune diseases include [...]
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) For some time, experts have been concerned with the language used in the name “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease”. The term was outdated, referring to what the disease isn’t associated with (alcohol) rather than what it [...]
Refeeding Syndrome What is refeeding syndrome? It was first recorded in the 1940s, when prisoners of war were released from camps, many of them having survived starvation, ate too much too fast and subsequently died. Refeeding syndrome involves metabolic abnormalities [...]
Neuroendocrine Tumours A rare disease with symptoms worth knowing Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare, small, slow-growing tumours most often originating in the gastrointestinal tract and lungs. They can also develop in the pancreas, ovaries, testes, and other areas of the [...]
Habba Syndrome Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common disorder, which affects as many as six million Canadians with symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and/or diarrhea. IBS represents 12% of all patients seen by primary care physicians [...]
