Published on 12, July, 2020
I have been doing a lot of reading about this recently, and I am finding more and more that there are potentially significant links between people with autism and people who have gastrointestinal (GI) issues such as gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
I am a 32 year old male. I have suffered from acid reflux my whole life due to being born with a hiatus hernia. I am medicated for it, and I have been told that I will always be on medication for it due to the severity of my condition. It gets worse with stress, sleeping in a different position, changes in diet... all sorts of things can trigger it to be worse.
Does anyone else, formally or self-diagnosed with autism, have any issues like this?
I have Barrett's oesophagus.
I have that too, as a result of my acid reflux. I was diagnosed with that at 20.
Do you have other GI issues?
Does chronically going from constipation to the opposite end of things count as such?
Not that I'm aware of,but I've never tried anything like an elimination diet..
That is certainly something that I have experienced in the past.
Does anything in particular trigger that for you?