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Crohn’s diseaseSymptoms, Causes, and Treatments Crohn’s disease is a chronic disease in which abnormal reactions of the immune system cause inflammation in your digestive tract. Most commonly, Crohn’s disease affects your small intestine and the beginning of your large intestine. However, the disease may affect any part of your digestive tract. Crohn’s disease most often…
Ask Dr. Lo: Peptic Ulcers AKA Stomach or Duodenal Ulcers
by Dr. Thomas K. Lo, Advanced Chiropractic & Nutritional Healing Center A peptic ulcer is a sore on the lining of your stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine immediately beyond the stomach). Peptic ulcers are also called stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, or peptic ulcer disease. Researchers estimate about 1-6 percent of…
Ask Dr. Lo - What in the World is Gastroparesis
by Dr. Thomas K. Lo, Advanced Chiropractic Gastroparesis, also called delayed gastric emptying, is a disorder that slows or stops the movement of food from your stomach to your small intestine. Normally, after you swallow food, the muscles in the wall of your stomach push the food into the small intestine to continue digestion. When…
