When my daughter was about 8 years old she was getting stomach aches that became so bad she was hospitalized.
The doctors pored over her for three days. Her pediatrician did not want anything invasive done to her.
The pain subsided and she was released from the hospital.
A few weeks later I read a newspaper article about sugarless gum containing aspartame causing gas and stomach aches.
Problem solved. No more sugarless gum for her.
When I started to read that article today I thought sure that’s what the diagnosis would be. Who would have thought that it would be such a rare malady.
So what is it? NYT demands registration.