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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a chronic condition of the lower gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms of IBS may include abdominal pain, distention, bloating, indigestion and various symptoms of defecation. There are three subcategories of IBS, according to the principal symptoms. These are pain associated with diarrhea; pain associated with constipation; and pain and diarrhea alternating with constipation (Figure 3). Each patient’s symptoms are unique. While IBS may occur as an occasional nuisance for some people, others may experience intense pain that compromises their quality of life.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the bowel that may include the symptoms of bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, nausea, and cramps over an extended period of time. The intensity of these symptoms can range from mildly irritating, to altogether disabling. In contrast to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, there is no physical change noted in the digestive tract with IBS. According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 1 in 5 Americans have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, though women are affected by IBS three times more often than men.1
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Research suggests that many patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome have disorganized and appreciably more intense colonic contractions than normal controls. A study at Johns Hopkins reported that healthy volunteers had 6–8 peristaltic contractions in the colon in a 24-hour period. In contrast, IBS volunteers in whom the primary symptom was constipation had almost no contractions, and IBS volunteers in whom the primary symptom was diarrhea had as many as 25 contractions a day. Researchers have ... found that pain is frequently associated with irregular motor activity of the small intestine when compared with either normal controls or patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Patients with this disease appear to have a defect of visceral pain processing—although whether or not this is a true hypersensitivity or hyper-vigilance remains controversial. Interestingly, however, ileal and rectosigmoid balloon-distention studies have demonstrated that patients with IBS experience pain and bloating at balloon pressures and volumes that are significantly lower than those which cause symptoms in normal controls.
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There is no diet for everyone who has Irritable Bowel Syndrome, but there are some eating guidelines that may help alleviate the symptoms. Find out more about trigger foods, foods that cause gas, soluble fiber, and food sensitivities.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is ... known as IBS. This is a condition suffered by one in five Americans, and is thought to be undiagnosed and untreated in as much as 70% of sufferers. IBS is a problem for women more often than men, but it is not associated with more severe colon related diseases. There is no inflammation of the colon when someone has IBS, and no other growths or obstructions.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome ("IBS") is characterized by a constellation of gastro intestinal symptoms including diarrhea, constipation (or alternation of the two), urgency, and abdominal pain. IBS may affect up to 20 percent of the population in the US (estimates range from 15-20 percent; of whom 70 percent are women). More than 60 percent of the affected patients are managing either diarrhea predominant IBS ("D-IBS") or alternating IBS.
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