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To continue our journey through the GI tract, today we’ll look at digestion in the stomach. Once the esophagus has moved food into the stomach, the stomach begins to contract in order to move food from the upper part of the stomach to the lower part. Also, the stomach secretes a number of gastric “juices” that help break down the food you have eaten. These include hydrochloric acid (stomach acid), digestive enzymes such...

...Patient History: Jake was always allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and seeds, but right before he turned six years old, his food allergies worsened. Jake began experiencing horrible stomach pain, and as a result missing weeks of school. Jake’s younger brother Carson had been diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis(EoE) when he was two. He had bad reflux and a hiatal hernia, which was surgically repaired. After the surgery, Carson seemed better, but eventually the...

...Patient History: Sawyer was only one month old when she began to suffer from projectile vomiting, skin rashes, chronic cold symptoms and constipation. She was always extremely fussy while eating and would cry inconsolably until she fell asleep. Sawyer’s pediatrician said that she had colic and acid reflux and that after treating both of those conditions her symptoms would pass. Unfortunately, as time went on, Sawyer’s condition continued to worsen and Sawyer’s mother Staci...

...many months, was more than a dozen times each day. His skin was burned and blistered despite our attempts to protect it with creams. Skin infections were not uncommon. When he wasn’t taking a cat-nap or screaming in pain, Norman was nursing. He pulled away frequently, arching his back and turning his head at an awkward angle. Seizure-like shaking was another indicator of severe reflux that was unresponsive to prescription medications. Despite the constant feedings...

...Patient History Karisse was just a few weeks old when she began suffering from severe acid reflux, diarrhea, skin rash and colic. She was unable to sleep for more than an hour at a time, cried constantly and vomited often. Baby Karisse was in trememdous pain. “It was extremely hard and we couldn’t sleep, eat or take her anywhere,” says Teresa, Karisse’s mother. “We knew something was very wrong.” After countless visits to the...