Tips for Providing Care to Older Adults with Digestive Issues
If you're the primary caregiver for an older adult with digestive issues, you know how difficult it can be to navigate. You have to honor their boundaries, while also making sure that their needs are taken care of. Digestive conditions…
The Who, What, Why, and How of Colorectal Cancer Screening
Did you know that March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month? We are taking action all month long to help promote the importance of colorectal cancer screening. Read on to learn more about screening and find out how to get involved…
3 Tips for Caregivers During COVID-19
Caregivers are the unsung heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. As if being a caregiver isn’t hard enough, you now have the added challenges that come with caregiving during a pandemic. To help support you during this difficult time, we’ve put…
6 Tips for Caring for a Loved One with a Feeding Tube
Providing care for a child or other loved one with a serious health condition is no easy task and adding tube feeding into the mix can make it seem almost impossible. If your loved one is going to be starting…
4 Things to Do If Your Child Has Celiac Disease
If your child has recently been diagnosed with celiac disease, you may be feeling overwhelmed with everything you need to do. What are you going to pack them for lunch? What if one of their teachers gives them gluten? What…
4 Ways to Support Someone Living with IBD
Having a friend, family, member or significant other with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can make you feel helpless. You want to do everything you can to support them, but you just don’t know how. Here are four ways to be…
6 Self-Care Strategies for Caregivers
If you are a caregiver to someone with a digestive condition, the mental and emotional strain can be a heavy burden. You may have found that all of your free time is now consumed by caring for someone else and…
Taking Care of You and Your Family During the COVID-19 Crisis
Gastro Girl is committed to empowering patients and their caregivers with news and information from trusted, credible sources. Please see the curated list below for coronavirus-related news, information and resources aimed to help you and your loved ones during this…
Patient Voices: Living with Gastroparesis: A Little Hope Goes a Long Way
This article first appeared in the The American College of Gastroenterology Blog. Diagnosed 12 years ago with idiopathic gastroparesis at age 23 after her graduation from Dartmouth College, Crystal M. Saltrelli worked with her physicians to address her severe symptoms,…
Experts Call for Critical Steps to Improve Patient Care for Gastroparesis
A recent article in The American Journal of Gastroenterology acknowledges unmet needs at both the patient care and systems level (e.g., trial design level) related to gastroparesis, with the authors stressing that medical therapy for the treatment of gastroparesis is less…
ACG Urges African Americans Age 45+ Not to Wait—Get Screened Now For Colon Cancer
The American College of Gastroenterology urges all African Americans age 45+ not to wait and to get screened now for colorectal cancer. One of the most vital messages ACG said it will share during March Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is…
Vitamin D May Help IBS Patients Find Relief
Vitamin D supplementation may help relieve symptoms for patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), according to researchers from the University of Sheffield in England who found a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in IBS patients worldwide. Read abstract Investigators…
