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NEW INFORMATION
Gallbladder Disease in Children ...Approximately 40% of all pediatric cases occur in children less than 11 years of age and 60% occur in children 11 to 20 years of age...
IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome is considered a functional disorder of the intestines. Since the symptoms of IBS and gallbladder disease are similar, possibly they are due in a great measure to a diseased gallbladder with a functional disorder. Read More...
Dr. Clark Gerhart, information about abdominal adhesions
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There is a significant number of individuals considered to have an eating disorder, Anorexia or Bulimia, who have a real physical cause for their predicament. The source of their problem has been undiscoverable using the usual diagnostic studies. Since no one has been able to find the cause for their symptoms, the reason is labeled "in your head" or an irritable bowel is considered to be part of the eating disorder. Could your child be one of these individuals who truly is suffering because no one can give you an answer as to the cause of the symptoms? And as a loving parent who would do anything to relieve your child's suffering, shouldn't you make one more try? This is not a Self-Help course or a Self-Help treatment. It is an effort to inform you of certain highly specific diagnostic studies or tests that are currently available. These studies must be ordered by your family physician to identify the underlying medical condition. If these studies are not performed, there is no way to assume that they are normal. Once the results of these tests are obtained and are found to be abnormal, the specific condition that they relate to must be investigated further. You cannot and should not assume that your family physician knows about these studies or that they have been already obtained in previous examinations. You may even be told that these studies are unnecessary or useless in your case. Please be persistent and insist that they be done before you accept that it is all in your head. If, after these studies are obtained, you still have questions, please write or e-mail me, and I will tell you where to go from there. There is no way to ignore an abnormal result. The abnormal finding must be accounted for. Remember, to make a psychiatric diagnosis of Anorexia and Bulimia no medical condition must exist that could account for the disease. Read What Some Of Dr. Smedley's Patients Have To Say...
Additional Information:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
Gallbladder Disease |
