#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

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

Hey mastodonians. So I’ve been referred to a #gastroenterologist specialist. They found a weird something on my latest #CTscan and want me to get some kind of scope camera surgery? They want to look at my asophogus, where it goes from my stomach into my asophogus. Acid reflux runs in my DNA, so that sucks. This will not occur in several months, but like, do they put you to sleep? My veins are shot three times over. How will they get an IV? Could/would they use the anesthesia mask on me for this? It’s supposed to be a day surgery and I’m a giant ball of anxious not knowing when they’re going to call me in and what they’re going to do. #medicalAdvice? #Gastro #procedure #help

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

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

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!

#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!

@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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