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Welcome to digestivedistress.com
Imagine having a stomach flu that never goes away; endless bouts of nausea or vomiting of undigested food, abdominal pain and bloating with stomach acid and food washing up into your mouth. Eating seems to make the symptoms all the worse, so food avoidance - or radically altered diets - become your preoccupation, as does an endless search to find doctors who can help. Read more...
We offer hope to many families from across North America and throughout the world.
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Gastro = stomach; paresis = weakness or paralysis
Gastroparesis, a debilitating stomach disorder for which more medical questions than answers currently exist, can afflict both children and adults.
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Our site is under expansion! Watch as we add more information for children and families.
Here is a website devoted to devoted to dealing with gastroapresis in children.
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GPDA has endeavoured, in our Web site, to present a holistic approach enabling readers to gain insights, which will lead to meaningful discussions with health care providers and thus, optimize personal treatment plans.
Our Web site provides reliable, evidence-based medical information. Many of our materials have been reviewed by leading specialists or supported by research citations. Our policy papers have been cited by many government agencies and our Web site provides a source of material for medical students and allied health care members.
But more important, GPDA desires to nurture scientific enquiry. Find out how you can play an active role in this endeavour. See research.
GPDA is the only organization on the international stage to focus on motor (motility) disturbances in the stomach, as well as providing information on other gut motility problems. We are a private, federally registered, Canadian non-profit organization with a volunteer board. We are uniquely focused on support for the advancement of research in order to find real hope for the future of gastroparetic and digestive dysmotility sufferers.
Fast Facts
5 million Americans suffer from gastroparesis (GP).
25 to 50% of all diabetics have gastroparesis, including children.
3.5 million Canadians suffer from upper digestive motility disorders.
Medical costs for GP are $7,000 a month per patient.
Dyspepsia costs 2 billion dollars annually in direct medical costs.
IBS, a motility/sensory disorder of the lower bowel affects 12-15% of North Americans
