How Having a Concussion Can Damage Your Digestion

How Having a Concussion Can Damage Your Digestion
The GI tract actually can be injured secondarily to a concussion. James A Boardman/Shutterstock
Jennifer Margulis
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Several years ago, Brooke Gottlieb started having a plethora of gastrointestinal digestive issues that baffled her doctors. In high school at the time, Gottlieb was a competitive lacrosse player. She was used to dealing with sore muscles, bruises, and joint pain.

Her tummy troubles began after she had a serious concussion playing lacrosse. But it took her and her parents several years to realize that the stomach issues were actually connected to the brain injury.

Jennifer Margulis
Jennifer Margulis
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Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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