Digestive Illness

When you’ve got a gut feeling.

This category includes a wide range of conditions. Some of you experience the discomfort of gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea. Others it may be more significant heartburn, ulcers, or gastritis; and yet others experience more challenging autoimmune diagnoses like Crohn’s, Ulcerative colitis, and lymphocytic colitis. Regardless of your symptom picture, there’s a lot that can be done.

Your Microbiome.

These pathogenic organisms can create inflammation in the GI tract and can contribute to the breakdown to gut barrier function. We will work to identify which of these organisms we need to bring into check, and encourage the thriving of the healthy ones. We utilize lab testing in this arena.

Your Microbiome.

Your microbiome is made up of the parts of you that are you, and the parts of you that are not you – the bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc that are either working with you, or against you in some way. These pathogenic organisms can create inflammation in the GI tract and can contribute to the breakdown to gut barrier function. We will work to identify which of these organisms we need to bring into check, and encourage the thriving of the healthy ones. We utilize lab testing in this arena.

Food sensitivities.

A food sensitivity is a non-allergic type of adverse reaction to food. A classic allergy (like a peanut allergy) will trigger a violent reaction that happens within minutes and includes diarrhea, vomiting, anaphylaxis and hives. A food sensitivity often presents hours to days later and can present in a wider range or ways. In addition to GI symptoms like cramping, bloating, pain, diarrhea, etc, it can also present as skin rashes (like eczema), sinus congestion, fatigue, joint pains, edema, and a number of other ways.