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It is a functional Bowel Disorder that is characterized by severe abdominal discomfort, pain, bloating, and change in any detectable organic cause. Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be classified into: 1. Diarrhea-Predominant 2. Constipation-Predominant/ Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Alternating Stool Pattern. Protagonists that lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome; It starts with acute infectious illnesses like fever, vomiting, diarrhea or positive stool structure. Later this develops into Post-infective Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Primary Stages of this condition include: - Abdominal Pain - Frequent Diarrhea/ constipation/ change in bowel habits. - Urgency in bowel movements. - Feeling restless/ bloated/ and trouble during defecation. The Intermediary stages of IBS are: 1. Gastro esophageal Reflex disease (GERD)-Which means the patient, has trouble swallowing saliva. 2. False hunger bells. 3. Excessive Salivation. 4. Nausea 5. Chest Pain 6. Chronic Cough 7. Sinusitis 8. Damages teeth 9. Erosion of Dental Enamel 10. Asthma Some of the symptoms that are tagged with GERD, but occur only when accompanied by esophageal injury are; 11. Problems with Genitourinary system or Urogenital System-which is basically the organ system of the reproductive organs and the urinary system. 12. Psychological symptoms. 13. Fibromyalgia- associated with Cognitive dysfunction, entailed by impaired concentration, Long and short term memory, inability to multi-task, diminished attention span, anxiety and depressive symptoms. 14. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome- associated with Muscle pain, restlessness, and pain in multiple joints, sore throat, impaired memory or concentration. 15. Headache and backache. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is capable of adducing to a system. Let us see how we can treat it. The nature of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on the human metabolic system can be brought down by: 1. Diet As you must have already read, under the 'Gastro esophageal Reflux' symptoms, one of the things that your system will go through is false hunger pangs. So patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome have food intolerances. Many different dietary modifications have been inculcated to improve the symptoms of IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome). Lactose Intolerance and IBS have almost similar symptoms. So a trial of lactose free diet is recommended. 2. Medication 1. Drugs affecting Serotonin, in the intestines help reduce symptoms of IBS. 2. Laxatives: 3. Patients who don't go so well with Dietary fiber, osmotic agents like polyethylene glycol, orbital, and lactulose helps avoid 'Catartic Colon' which's associated with stimulant laxatives. 4. Antispasmodics: Use of drugs like Anticholinergics such as hyoscyamine or dicyclomine helps patients those with cramps or diarrhea. 5. Tricyclic Antidepressants: Evidence shows that this can be very effective for IBS. 6. Serotonin agonists: Tegaserod, a selective agonist, is available for IBS constipation in women and chronin- idipathic constipation in men and women. Note. Serotonin stimulates the gut motility and so agonists will help constipation-predominant IBS, and antagonists will hep diarrhea-predominant IBS. Psychotherapy: This is the process where the brain and gut have interactions, through helping the metal well-being and cognitive behavioral therapy and has some proven results. Alternative Treatments: This is sought as an end measure, when the above processes did not work out: 1. Probiotics 2. Iberogast 3. Peppermint Oil 4. Yoga 5. Herbal Medicines 6. Acupuncture. To Your Health!
Article Source: http://www.bharatbhasha.net Article Url: http://www.bharatbhasha.net/health.php/211539 Article Added on Friday, February 5, 2010
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