You might not think you have a gut problem.
You might not think you have a gut problem.
That was the interesting part.
I was working with a woman who'd experienced recurrent miscarriage, and when we first talked about her gut health, she didn't really think she had any issues.
But her symptom questionnaire told me there were a few things worth exploring.
Bloating.
Lethargy.
Bad breath.
A white coating on her tongue.
And episodes of binge...
She mentioned this one symptom and my brain immediately went somewhere else
I had a call with a woman this weekend.
We were talking through her history when she said, almost in passing:
“I have explosive bowel movements.”
And my brain immediately went:
We need to look at her gut.
Not because that one symptom gives me an answer for why she has experienced miscarriage.
It doesn’t.
But because it’s a clue.
And this morning, I’m still thinking about it.
Because I wonder ho...
You finally get some answers. Then you have more questions.
You finally get some answers.
And somehow, you have more questions.
A blood result comes back.
Something is slightly outside the range.
A scan mentions something you weren't expecting.
A test comes back normal, which should feel reassuring, except you're still left wondering why this keeps happening.
Or somebody suggests another investigation and suddenly you're Googling a term you'd never hear...
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