IBS.
At least 58 million Americans have suffered Irritable Bowel Syndrome at some stage in their lives. They have cramp like abdominal pains, diarrhoea and/ constipation. These symptoms vary in individual IBS patients and also from day to day. President of the IBS Self Help and Support Group, Jeffrey Roberts, says, "IBS is an illness which seems to strike people down."
IBS is a collection of symptoms that are present for 12 weeks in twelve month period. It is characterised by abdominal pain and must include at least two of the following three facts. The pain is relieved with bowel movement, and associated with a change in the frequency of bowel movement and appearance of the stools.
Certain foods and stress can trigger symptoms or cause a flare up of IBS. Experts are still uncertain as to what exactly IBS is or what causes it. What we knowat present is the Large Gut in IBS sufferers are more sensitive and, hormonal changes may be a trigger because 80% of IBS patients are women. There is higher incident in individuals who were physically or sexually abused as children and it can develop after a severe bout of gastroenteritis.
Although Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a distressing condition with abdominal pains, diarrhoea, constipation, bloating and rectal pain, there is no abnormality of the gut. In fact it is not IBS if anything was found during investigation.
If you have symptoms of IBS, make sure you see your family physician for a diagnosis. Your doctor is likely to do tests to exclude serious diseases before a diagnosis of IBS is made. With the Rome Criteria, a diagnosis can be made with minimal diagnostic test. However, if you have bleeding from the rectum, loss of appetite, weight loss, anaemia or symptoms developing after fifty years of age, you should see your doctor very soon because you will need addition investigation.
Some IBS sufferers are made to feel that their illness is “All in the head.” This is far from the truth but the brain and symptom development are linked and there is a strong belief that Brain-Gut connection is very important. Serotonin is linked to IBS. High blood levels are present in Diarrhoea predominant IBS and low levels are found in Constipation predominant IBS.
In Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the gut is normal, it is not a cancer and will not lead to cancer or other gastrointestinal disease and it is very common. It is estimated that at some time in their lives as much as 20% of the global population has or had IBS.
It is very difficult for IBS patients to come to terms with this condition especially when experts tell them the true cause is unknown, no one treatment works for everyone and that there is no cure. Depending on the type of IBS you have, dietary changes, stress management, behavioural therapy and various alternative treatments options are available.
Some IBS patients have severe abdominal pains soon after eating certain foods. This may be because it is a large meal and this can triggers strong Gastro-colic reflex. This a powerful peristaltic contraction in response to stretching of the stomach. This can be very painful for a patient with IBS. You can reduce this by having smaller meals and eat frequently. You need nutrients from food to remain healthy, so it is important that you do not avoid foods.
Stress is a trigger for IBS symptoms. Relieve stress and your IBS will improve.
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Your doing everything right but it's sounds more stress related, even things you don't normally stress over, have had the same thing and after a couple of thousands of dollars of test it turned out to be stress. I just had a Friend who was younger than me who had cancer of the intestines but his family had it already. Be sure to eat salads with leafy green lettuce decrease meat intake as it is hard to digest, and Like everyone else this year it most likely stress that you don't realize and the older you get the worse it gets. I am not a doctor BTW but just wanted to post to your comment. you can try an over the counter medicine like omeprazole or prilosec and try that it killed my problems. Another thing is if the PH balance is out of whack try some Lemon juice with warm water and a tea spoon of salt mix it and drink it if it settes your stoamach you got it. hope this helps. and 99% of the time it's just an imbalance not any of the other stuff.
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When I had IBS I always had bad cramps in the left quadrant of my abdomen and had bad diarrhea after which I would feel better. People with IBS can also have alternating diarrhea & constipation. Bentyl is an anti-spasmatic & can be very helpful.
I'm very surprised she didn't give you a colonoscopy.
So I only had some of the symptoms you have.
Why are you asking the question do you not trust her opinion? Have the spasms or cramps decreased since you've been on the bentyl?
Maybe you should ask the doctor the questions you have about it.
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It's a term to describe a condition. Likely from GMO food and soy products. Kind of like stupid describes yourself. It's not a condition, it's a description.
Ok Celiac disease is when you cannot absorb certain foods. In example, my friend Mollie has celiac disease and she can't process wheat and corn and many foods, but she is an extreme case. Another friend, Michaela, just can't proces gluten. so there are variations of the symptoms
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a disease that is estimated to affect 15% of the population in the United States today. There are many IBS symptoms that can help to diagnose the disease, but there currently is no cure. The disease is one that can easily be misdiagnosed and often is mistaken for other diseases it shares its myriad of symptoms with. IBS is often accompanied with several other painful or dehibilitating medical conditions, which can also make its diagnosis a more difficult task. IBS symptoms can be treated in a number of ways and although IBS and IBS symptoms can be painful and inconvenient the disease is not thought to be deadly.
not that i am aware of. problem all of my life and am now 45.
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~Choir singing can ease irritable bowels: study~
Singing is a popular pursuit in the Nordic countries and while it is often associated with alcohol consumption it can also have positive health effects - such as easing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Swedish research suggests.
Previous studies have demonstrated the beneficial psychological and biological effects of singing, with associated feelings of relaxation, energy and joy. An inter-university Swedish study has set out to test whether there were any additional stress-related benefits from choir singing in comparison with other group activities.
Singing has been found to stimulate elevated oxytocin concentration in serum, and the study hoped to shed light on whether choir singing can aid anabolic regeneration, measured from saliva testosterone, and ease the symptoms of IBS, whose sufferers typically register low levels of oxytocin.
The researchers - Töres Theorell, Christina Grape, Britt-Maj Wikström, Rolf Ekmand and Dan Hasson - have published their findings in an article in the medical journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, and have found that regular choir singing can increase levels of saliva testosterone and thus have an anabolic regenerative effect thus reducing stress.
"It is documented that starting activities can help to accelerate the body's process to regenerate cells, which is fundamental to the health. What we have found it that choir groups show a clearly heightened regeneration in comparison to other activities," said Professor Töres Theorell at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University to The Local on Wednesday.
While the effects did not last beyond the halfway mark of the year-long study, Theorell explains that the effects were significant enough to be relevant and warrant further study.
"We would love to look at what would happen at workplaces, and the impact on the general health of staff, if cultural activities were introduced and encouraged," Theorell told The Local.
The researchers elected to invite applicants with a verifiable IBS diagnosis to take part in the study which was funded by the Swedish Research Council. A random sample was then selected and allocated to a choir group meeting or an information discussion group meeting, which took place weekly for a year.
"The IBS group was selected because it is a clear group with clear symptoms but the tests to measure health benefits could as well have been applied on other groups," he said.
Regular saliva tests were conducted on the groups, which numbered 16 people respectively after six months, and 13/14 in the choir and discussion group respectively after 12 months.
The saliva testosterone concentration was assessed by means of the Spectria RIA, which is a coated-tube immunoassay for testosterone developed by Finish firm Orion Diagnostica Oy.
"Saliva testosterone concentration during the waking hours of the day from the choir singers showed an increase after 6 months, when compared to before the interventions," the study shows.
The researchers concede the need for replication in larger studies, but point out that there is a clear indication that choir singing can have a positive effect during the first half-year with IBS patients, with the most likely interpretation being the intervention itself.
"We know that choir singing is popular already and it is possible that the group effect is stronger in this type of activity," Töres Thorell said.
The issue of cultural activities and health has attracted increasing attention in Swedish and international research circles in recent years.
A study by Karolinska Institute has shown that choir singers have heightened levels of the feelgood hormone oxytocin and Nobel prize winner Arvid Carlsson's discovery of dopamine laid the groundwork for research into how the brain's reward system works and thus, for example, the effects of music on stress levels.
Carlsson joined forces with the molecular biologist Gunnar Bjursell in 2007 to found a project entitled Culture and Health which has now led to the founding a new research centre at Gothenburg's Univerisity.
"The health situation in modern western society is alarming. We have never had greater possibilities to treat sickness than we have today at the same time as we have never been sicker," Bjursell said at the launch of the project.
"We know why this is - we become sicker by how we eat and live. We have to find a way back to a healthier life and higher state of well-being. One such way is culture and the arts," he said.
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Acupuncture can help relieve IBS.
Traditional Chinese Medicine hypothesizes that there is an underlying energy, labeled "Qi" or "Chi", that works in, with and around all biological functions.
If the adequate flow of this energy becomes unbalanced in some way we experience illness, disease, and pain. A good analogy is a river and the surrounding land. When the river is at its normal level the land around the river balances. If the river dries up and becomes deficient the land changes. If the river floods and becomes excess the land changes in a different way.
Acupuncture is a system that introduces stimulation to points along the body that synergistically provides the body with new information, or instruction in how to redistribute, build, and/or drain the Qi so that balance is restored.