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LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Joan,
Here's the problem with the design of the iPill: It determines it's position in the digestive tract by measuring the pH. That will work just fine for people with a normal digestive system, who do not have any kind of enteritis. Unfortunately, none of us has a normal digestive system. When we are reacting, our pH values can become skewed, and this will affect the iPill's position determination. Also, if a patient takes antacids, or PPIs, or just about any med for GERD, the downstream pH values will probably be affected.
For normal people, though, who don't have these restrictions, it sounds like a "nifty" device.
Tex
Here's the problem with the design of the iPill: It determines it's position in the digestive tract by measuring the pH. That will work just fine for people with a normal digestive system, who do not have any kind of enteritis. Unfortunately, none of us has a normal digestive system. When we are reacting, our pH values can become skewed, and this will affect the iPill's position determination. Also, if a patient takes antacids, or PPIs, or just about any med for GERD, the downstream pH values will probably be affected.
For normal people, though, who don't have these restrictions, it sounds like a "nifty" device.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.