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#IBD #crohns #BAM #BAD #bileacidmalabsorption
@luketaylorld.bsky.social Thank you for asking a recent Parliamentary question about #bileacidmalabsorption. It is frustrating that there are so many patients suffering from this very debilitating condition but is widely ignored by health care professionals.
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There's a medical condition that affects many in the UK. Few HCPs seem to know about it. Often dismissed as #IBS. Can take years to get diagnosed - #bileacidmalabsorption. Latest episode of our #IBD Patients' podcast has been the fastest downloaded so far
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➡️ Read more in this new article covering the importance of managing #bileacidmalabsorption in #IBD: todaysinsightsibd.com/bile-acid-ma...
❗️In clinical practice, #bileacidmalabsorption is also a common yet often overlooked condition in adults with #IBD. This can lead to delayed diagnosis and prevent patients from receiving appropriate treatment. 2/
#WorldIBDDay has ended, but my commitment to raising awareness about #bileacidmalabsorption continues. Read more in this new article which covers some of the essentials & treatments of BAM & some important studies that highlight the role of #bileacids in #IBD. ➡️ todaysinsightsibd.com/bile-acid-ma...
Dessert of the day is lovely murky fluid, that I have to drink, if I don't wanna be chained to the toilet tomorrow. Ah, the joys of having a dysfunctional gut.
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Was prescribed it for gut management after stoma reversal. Subsequently, few years later, learnt that 97% of patients who lose terminal ileum suffer from #bileacidmalabsorption. That is treated by a sequestrant, which I now take, but have never stopped the loperamide (only 2/day)