I've had chronically bad stomach aches since I was a child.
As a young child, I suffered all sorts of digestive problems and was constantly under the weather.
During my childhood, I had a long, dangerous spell of illness, and my health has always been delicate.
John Kennedy had so many different medical problems that began when he was a boy. He started out with intestinal problems... spastic colitis.
I have lived most my life with chronic inflammation and constant pain with immediate diarrhea.
The type of IBS I am prone to is the constipation type, where I get trapped wind and can get sharp painful spasms in my intestines as well as having sluggish bowels.
My digestive system was so damaged that I became allergic to almost everything, including fruit and vegetables, and the only thing I could stomach was chicken and chips.
The hypochondriac disease consists in indigestion and consequent flatulency, with anxiety or want of pleasurable sensation.
When I was 11, I spent eight months in the hospital with rheumatic fever and almost died.
When I was a child I had something called Perthes' Disease which meant I was on crutches, so I was bullied at school and all that sort of stuff.
Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.
I have had Crohn's for about 19 years. It is a debilitating disease that affects my colon.
I've belched a lot more since I had gall bladder surgery. I don't know why.
If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.
The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.
I'm not big on the pasty because they say the pastry in the pasty can bring on indigestion.
Playing onstage, I'm always aware of where the bathrooms are. When Crohn's hits, I have to run, or it won't be pretty.
Illness played a great - and unwelcome - role in my early life. Mumps were soon followed by a raging sore throat, and it was decided that I should have my tonsils removed and adenoids scraped at the same time.
I was really small and had a lot of health issues growing up. I mean, not compared to some people, certainly, but I had a number of full-body blood transfusions when I was kid.
I was a bit of a sickly child!
I had injuries - even when I was younger, I had problems with my back. I had to grow up very fast.
I'm very uncomfortable, mainly with my belly.
I used to have stomach ulcers and stuff when I was in the 10th grade. I'd be doubled over on the floor, I was hurting so bad. I was on Tagamet before it was over the counter.
I am pretty strict with my diet because I have some stomach health problems.
I had terrible ear problems and asthma and allergies. I spent quite a bit of time in hospital up to the age of eight so was not - am still not - extraordinarily intelligent.
Trudie Styler is an English actress, film producer and director.