Anal pain can have many potential causes Click on this patient information link to be guided through some of the potential causes and their management The Dr. Falk Foundation have kindly produced a full pdf leaflet with simple pictures that can be reviewed by clicking on the following link
Dansac have produced a nice summary to help guide patients with a stoma through issues relating to getting back to work, body image, swimming, travelling, sexuality and relationships Please click on the link here
The Dr. Falk Foundation has produced this useful short video to guide patients in how best to administer both rectal enemas and suppositories. Just click on this link and you should be guided to it
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Last week was Coeliac Awareness Week. It has already been hugely successful with people from all over the UK getting involved with the campaign. 1 in 100 people in UK have Coeliac Disease and a majority aren’t aware they have it. Instead they put up with a range of symptoms from tiredness to lethargy or altered bowel habits and abdominal…
SSHAMP Article 2015
Treatment options for Eosinophilic Oesophagitis a) Budesonide Children (<10y) – 0.5mg twice a day Adults – 1mg twice a day (eg 2x Pulmicort Respules 0.5mg/2ml twice a day) b) Fluticasone Children (<10y) – 220mcg twice a day Adults – 440 to 880mcg twice a day Both should be swallowed (not inhaled) as an accumulation or as an oral viscous slurry…