Digestive and Gastrointestinal Disorders cover a wide range of conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Constipation, Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD), Coeliac Disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
It is important to speak to your GP in the first instance if you are experiencing any new or changing symptoms, or have any questions or concerns.
For many conditions symptoms can be helped by simple changes to diet and/or lifestyle and there are resources linked below to help guide you with this. To help you understand your own eating habits and patterns, and to keep a record of any changes you have made, it can also be useful to keep a food and symptom diary.
If you have any questions or concerns then it’s best to speak to your GP in the first instance.
Self Help Leaflets and Resources for Patients and Carers
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Functional Bowel Symptoms
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Diet – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Patient Webinars
- Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome – NHS Inform
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment – Guts UK
- Food Allergy and Food Intolerance – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
- Food Allergy and Food Intolerance Testing – British Dietetic Association
- Probiotics and Gut Health – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
Constipation and Dysmotility
- Constipation – NHS Inform
- Advice for Constipation – NHS Patient Webinars
- How to increase your fibre intake – Guts UK
- Fibre – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
- Wholegrains – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
- Fluid (water and Drinks) and hydration – Food Fact Sheet – British Dietetic Association
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Food and Crohn’s and Colitis – Crohn’s and Colitis UK
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – NHS Patient Webinars
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis – NHS Inform
Diverticular Disease
- Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis – NHS Inform
- Diverticular Disease – NHS Patient Webinars
- Diverticular Disease & Diverticulitis – Causes and Symptoms – Guts UK
Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease – NHS Inform
- Overview of Reflux Disease – Patient Webinars
Easy Read Resources
- Easy Health – Sign up for free and have access to over 400 resources on health conditions. They have a number of different resources available including Bowel, Constipation and Allergies.
Useful Websites
- Allergy UK
- Crohn’s and Colitis UK
- Coeliac UK – Live well gluten free – Find out more about the Live Well Gluten Free App
- Food Allergy and Intolerance – Advice for Consumers – Food Standards Agency
- Food Fact Sheets – British Dietetic Association
- Guts UK – Use their Poo-Torial Tool to check the colour, consistency and frequency of your poo.