Abdominal Pains: Let's Talk About Digestive Problems

The human body is an extraordinary “machine” that has many components working together to keep everything inside the body in perfect condition. The body’s cogs and gears keep 12 systems and many vital organs performing all at once, so the human body never seems to fully rest. As the body gets older, though, things start to break down and that is when humans will experience health problems. Food will start from the mouth and ends at the anus, which is about 30 feet long. Sometimes the trip down the GI tract can be a bumpy ride and that is when some people might have complications digesting food. There are some steps needed to be taken to find out if the pain and discomfort has to deal with the GI tract. In most cases, there will not be the same experiences from another person diagnosed with the same thing, so I will be showing general steps that you could base off if needed. Firstly, if the problem is in the GI tract area, there will be symptoms that you will be experie

  I’ve been talking a while about different stuff from identifying conditions and disorders to just informing you about symptoms and foods/drinks that are good for you. For this blog, I want show people who might have digestive irritation or might not what stages some people can through during a flare-up. I only have Irritable bowel syndrome, so I only know what happens with that. Stages of lower digestive system pain and recovery:     1.               1. You could be doing anything you would normally do during the day. Jahmal Kennedy, broadcast journalism major from Mobile, AL, making a sports package for Troy TrojanVision. There are some factors to consider on why a flare-up could activate, but sometimes it’s unexpected. 2.                   2. Everyone has to eat food at some point during the day.  Kennedy eating Lasagna for lunch. If you are on a controlled diet or you just eat whatever you want, food could be the main reason for a flar

I find it easy to connect with people who might be dealing with the same thing if you heard a little about their symptoms and how they deal with it every day. I interviewed three people who are living with different digestive problems. I wanted to cover that not every condition is the same, that it could happen to anyone and that sometimes surgery is needed. William McCarthy Has: Acid Reflux Describe your condition. McCarthy: ‘It’s weird because growing up I use to eat anything spicy. Coming from Texas, my dad and I would eat mostly spicy things. Now growing up, I’ve learned now I can’t eat as much spicy food. I get really, really bad heart burn to the point where the acid comes up to my throat or esophagus and it starts to swell up. That’s where I take medicine prescribed by the doctor. I can have spicy food, but not a lot of it.’ What are your syndromes? McCarthy: ‘My throat closes up and it goes on for five to 10 minutes; unless I take a Tums

This might be kind of hard to follow because there are some many layers to just having Diverticulitis. First, Diverticulitis falls under Diverticular disease, which basically creates small pouches in the wall of the colon. What It Is Diverticulitis is the state where there is an inflammation, or diverticula, in some of the pouches that were formed. Common symptoms for this condition can be abdominal pain and a fever. According to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), a more severe case of symptoms that could cause complications if not treated are bleeding, trouble passing stool and the emergence of the tract to either the skin or other organs. The emergencies are called Fistula and it happens when a connection is made by two body cavities (like the genitals and rectum) as well as a body cavity connecting to the skin. When this happens, that could mean that there is an abscess, a pocket in the body that is made out of pus. Fistula is rare and