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.

Dr. Lenz is an internist, pediatrician, lifestyle medicine physician, and clinical lipidologist interested in helping those with fibromyalgia and related problems go beyond just learning to live with it and even reverse fibromyalgia. He is also the author of the book "Conquering Your Fibromyalgia: Real Answers and Real Solutions for Real Pain. " It is also available on audiobook with Dr. Lenz as the narrator.
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A Fibromyalgia Starter Pack, which is a great companion to the book Conquering Your Fibromyalgia, is now available. Dr. Michael Lenz practices general pediatrics and internal medicine primary care, seeing patients from infants through adults. In addition, he also will see patients with fibromyalgia and related problems and patients interested in lifestyle medicine and clinical lipidology. To learn more, go to ConquringYourFibromyalgia.com. Remember that while Dr. Lenz is a medical doctor, he is not your doctor. All of your signs and symptoms should be discussed with your own physician. He aims to weave the best of conventional medicine with lifestyle medicine to help people with chronic health conditions live their best lives possible. Dr. Lenz hopes that the podcast, book, blog, and website serve as a trusted resource and starting point on your journey of learning to live better with fibromyalgia and related illnesses.