#gastroenterologist — Public Fediverse posts

Is the #Bread in #Europe Better for You?
If you’ve noticed that certain #bakedgoods are more tolerable abroad, it may not be all in your head.
When they #eat #wheat products in the #UnitedStates, Dr. Alessio Fasano, #gastroenterologist, says his patients say, they have bloating, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, joint pain, fatigue or brain fog. When they eat wheat products — particularly bread — in Western Europe, they have fewer or milder symptoms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/well/eat/health-effects-bread-europe-united-states.html
https://archive.ph/KbV6z

If I asked you to name the most common causes of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI/PEI), what would you list?

And why?

Food for thought on what medical literature commonly - incorrectly - states as the most common cause of EPI: https://bit.ly/43E9wg5

#Gastrodon #gastrointestinal #diagnosis #screening #Gastroenterologist #pancreas #pancreaticcancer #pancreatitis #chronicpancreatitis #CysticFibrosis #exocrinepancreaticinsufficiency #PEI #EPI

It’s been interesting talking to people w/exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI/PEI/PI) about what it takes to get updated pancreatic #enzyme replacement therapy (#PERT) prescriptions.

Surprising amount of variance among #healthcare providers, even with #guidelines.

Here’s a guide I wrote for other people with EPI - what would you add to it?

https://bit.ly/3oy7BeI

#gastro #Gastrodon #Gastroenterology #Gastroenterologist

#Gastrodon: I am looking for #Gastroenterologist potential co-investigators for research studies on exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (#EPI / #PEI).

If you are potentially interested, please reach out!

@freemo someone who knows more about this than me #gastroenterologist, #immunologist, #microbiologist could tell you whether a 'sterile' human could survive or even exist. How was the bubble boy fed? Did he receive intravenous nutrition?

Healthy humans carry 1.5 kg of a diverse selection of bacteria in their intestines (the microbiota), which have an important role in maintaining health. A healthy diet maintains a healthy gut microbiome, and we are only just beginning to understand the importance of these bacteria.

It is not only the gut that carries a commensal bacterial load, any body cavity linked to the external environment will carry a non-pathogenic community of bacteria, including the uterus. This means, we are likely to be exposed to placental bacteria in the womb. Once exposed in the womb I don't know how a human would be subsequently 'sterilised' of bacteria.

I stand to be corrected by those with the knowledge!

I find it amusing to be a #gastroenterologist while I post a #Toot on #medmastodon 😜

#Gastrodon
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