Ep. 82 Why does my stomach hurt? Chasing the holy grail. Interview with Dr Beate Veinvogl. Pediatric GI specialist Part 2 of 3

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During this week's episode, we will continue the conversation with Dr. Beate VeinVogl, who is a pediatric gastroenterologist and professor at Harvard university, as well as working at Boston Children's Hospital, where she dedicates her time helping children and adolescents, as well as their families, understand and live much better with chronic abdominal pain known as disorders of the gut-brain interaction. During this week's episode, you will hear more about why your stomach hurts. You may have had many tests, which all have been normal, but you will still have pain and aren't given satisfying answers, let alone solutions to help your pain.

The vast majority of chronic abdominal pain may be debilitating but not life-threatening, like cancer, infection like appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or celiac disease. And even if you have inflammatory bowel disease, You often will have a disorder of the gut-brain axis along with it.

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