Digestive health blog
Articles on common digestive problems, without unnecessary jargon. They don't replace a consultation, but they help you arrive with better questions.
Irritable bowel syndrome: how it is diagnosed and which treatments work
Why the diagnosis does not require endless tests, what changes with your subtype and which treatments have evidence: fibre, the low FODMAP diet, medicines and therapies.
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Positive faecal occult blood test: what it means and what to do now
Why a positive result is not usually cancer, why repeating the test does not help and how soon you should have the colonoscopy.
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Acid reflux: when to worry and which treatment works
When heartburn needs a gastroscopy, how to take omeprazole properly, which measures really work and when you can stop the medication.
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I have fatty liver: is it serious?
What the finding on an ultrasound means, why normal liver enzymes rule nothing out, what FibroScan measures and which treatment works.
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Abdominal bloating and SIBO: which tests help and which do not
Why it is rarely excess gas, when SIBO testing makes sense and why the food intolerance tests on offer cannot guide decisions.
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Helicobacter pylori: still positive after treatment
Why the first treatment fails, what to check before repeating anything and which rescue treatment the 2026 Spanish consensus recommends according to what you have already taken.
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Food stuck when swallowing: could it be eosinophilic oesophagitis?
The cause almost nobody looks for in younger adults who struggle to swallow, why it is mistaken for reflux for years and which treatments work.
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When screening starts in Spain, what to do if the faecal occult blood test is positive and how often to repeat colonoscopy depending on what is found.
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