Chronic Conditions Related to Digestive Issues

How is your digestive health? That is a question that isn’t always the easiest to answer 
for most people. Digestive health is a specific part of your health that includes how well 
you digest your food without disturbance, and how well you absorb the nutrients in the 
food that you’ve eaten. When you look at that process closely, you can see that it plays 
a massive role in your overall health. That is why it should come as little surprise that 
digestive health has more than just how hungry you are, and whether or not you had 
enough brussels sprouts. 

Hemorrhoids

When this affliction first becomes known to a person who is manifesting symptoms for 
the first time, it’s a relatively upsetting affair. There are few experiences that are as 
immensely upsetting and frightening as it would be to reach back to clean yourself, only 
to retrieve a handful of blood soaked toilet paper. While this image is certainly shocking, 
this is often the first sign of hemorrhoids, which are extremely inflamed veins in the 
rectum and around the anus. It causes people a lot of discomfort and can result from 
poor hydration, autoimmune disease, and a host of other illnesses. Fortunately, there 
are a large number of safe treatments that you can use to help lessen the discomfort. 
Getting lots of proper hydration, eating more fiber, and probiotics can go a long way to 
helping reduce inflammation. 

Celiac Disease

In the last decade or so, gluten sensitivity has become an intensely debated topic. 
Today a lot of controversy still surrounds the discussions about celiac disease. Much of 
this is due to the massive amounts of marketing that employed heavy usage of the term, 
gluten-free. Celiac disease is a serious condition that is characterized by an intense 
sensitivity to gluten that causes the body to destroy villi in your intestines, which are 
responsible for the essential process that extracts the nutritional benefits from the food 
you eat, allowing you to live. The symptoms range from diarrhea to scarier things like 
seizures, but all of these symptoms are in the category of serious illness and generally 
signify something life threatening. Many people are happy with gluten free alternatives, 
so it isn’t the end of all bread. 

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

GERD, or Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease is the persistent action of stomach acids 
traveling up the esophagus. This condition affects a large portion of adults in the world 
and can be caused by a wide range of disturbances from emotional issues to physical 
issues. It is linked heavily to obesity, but it can be treated using various means including 
dietary restrictions, dietary additions, and a tablespoon of baking soda dissolved in 
water. 

