Abstract
Children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) may have a multitude of medical and surgical co-morbidities and complications. Gastrointestinal diseases are common, ranging from relatively benign conditions to potentially life threatening ones. This chapter focuses on the most commonly encountered gastrointestinal problems that face many individuals with IDD. Topics that will be discussed include gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), rumination syndrome, constipation, dysphagia, feeding tube problems and hepatitis.
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Atay, O. (2016). Gastrointestinal issues. In Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Across the Lifespan (pp. 1209–1224). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_100
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