Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi Everyone,
I have a friend who is autistic and he has had gastro-intestinal issues his whole life, or as far back as he can remember anyway and he is awaiting a colonoscopy. I am also autistic and have had my own issues with this too. I have been reading different studies and scientific research online and have found that there may be a link between autism and bowel problems. I know from personal experience that all the autistic people I have encountered in my life have had a lot of bowel and tummy problems from a young age. I wonder if any of you have had a similar experience or have managed to resolve these issues in your self and what tips you may have to ease this? Hopefully more research is done on autism's connection to gastro-intestinal problems instead of research money going towards trying to invent cures using old drugs like Suramin for example.
Hope everyone has a good week.
I have IBS and diverticular disease. I have found that eating certain foods make things worse and I have some outright food intolerances - systemic effects: pain in various parts of the alimentary canal, rapid heartbeat, or slow and heavy heartbeat, flushing, sweating, feelings of panic. headache. The difficult part is working out which foods are to blame. At present the culprits include: bakers' and brewers' yeast (leavened bread and cask-conditioned beer), pineapple, spinach, dairy products and, unusually, potatoes.
Sorry to hear you have diverticular disease that must be painful. It’s good that there is information on how to improve the condition though.