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Autism and gastrointestinal (GI) disorders

BeagleDad

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?

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  • I have persistent lower right quadrant pain/discomfort which has been going on for what feels like forever. Around ten years ago I had a colonoscopy, which was obviously great fun. It proved inconclusive other than finding some inflammation, which they say could be the result of the "preparation". 

    The following day, despite of some discomfort I felt great, my brain fog, allergies and general anxiety had either gone or had dramatically reduced. Over the next week it slowly came back.

    I've spoken to various doctors and they either say it's interesting or coincidental.

  • in reply to Hergé

    I had a similar experience after having my appendix removed.

    At the time I was ill for a week without it being diagnosed, hadn't eaten for almost 7 by the time I had the surgery. It was in a bad state and they couldn't understand how I hadn't said I was in more pain, I kept saying it's "6 out of 10" although to be honest I was in absolute agony but couldn't explain it well.

    I had a very basic diet for some time after while I recovered and I felt better in that respect, digestive system wise, despite the pain from the surgery.

    Once I returned to my normal diet routine things have crept back to how they were before (not great), allergies and other issues too.

    I can't help but think that I've put something back that had been flushed out during that time.

    There's definitely a direct link between stress, anxiety, paranoia and gut health but I can't work out which causes which!

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  • in reply to Hergé

    I had a similar experience after having my appendix removed.

    At the time I was ill for a week without it being diagnosed, hadn't eaten for almost 7 by the time I had the surgery. It was in a bad state and they couldn't understand how I hadn't said I was in more pain, I kept saying it's "6 out of 10" although to be honest I was in absolute agony but couldn't explain it well.

    I had a very basic diet for some time after while I recovered and I felt better in that respect, digestive system wise, despite the pain from the surgery.

    Once I returned to my normal diet routine things have crept back to how they were before (not great), allergies and other issues too.

    I can't help but think that I've put something back that had been flushed out during that time.

    There's definitely a direct link between stress, anxiety, paranoia and gut health but I can't work out which causes which!

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