Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Spicing up your diet
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Food and beverages can impact short bowel syndrome (SBS) symptoms, but adding herbs and spices can help you enjoy your food.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Using nutrition to improve recovery
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Proper nutrition for patients with inflammatory bowel disease before and after surgery can help improve recovery.
Iron in GI conditions
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A normal iron level is important to make healthy red blood cells and to help support your quality of life with digestive conditions.
Iron deficiency anemia
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Iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia that happens when you don’t have enough iron to make healthy red blood cells.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): From teen to adult care
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Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare disorder that happens when you don’t have enough small intestine, or it doesn’t work well. As a teen or adolescent with SBS, it’s time to learn how to become comfortable making your own health care decisions.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): Vaccine recommendations
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Patients with IBD need to work with their health care providers to decide which vaccines they need to stay healthy.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Small bowel ostomy diet
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If you have an ostomy with short bowel syndrome (SBS), you may need to adjust what you eat and drink to change your stool output.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Oral rehydration solutions
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Oral rehydration helps patients with short bowel syndrome stay adequately hydrated and maintain the correct amount of fluid in their body.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS): Nutrition 101
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Short bowel syndrome (SBS) happens when you don’t have enough small bowel which stops your body from absorbing nutrients from food or drink.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS)
![Short bowel syndrome image before and after surgery](https://patient-staging.gastro.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GettyImages-1024896218-1024x1024.jpg)
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a rare disorder that happens when you don’t have enough small intestine, or it doesn’t work well.