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Could lower abdominal pain and fatigue be linked? One of the most common places for IBS sufferers to get pain is in the lower abdomen (i.e. your lower belly). What a lot of people don’t realize is that the fatigue and weakness they feel could be connected to that pain. We’re going to discuss that, . . . Read more → Lower Abdominal Pain and Fatigue Cooling and soothing away your IBS symptoms. I’ve used peppermint oil in the form of capsules to successfully treat my IBS symptoms. I mentioned it on another page and a very kind reader named Milo made a comment that it helped him very much. Recently I’ve read some studies that show clinical proof that . . . Read more → Enteric Peppermint Oil Capsules for IBS Is this “health food” hurting your health? Soy sensitivity (also called soy intolerance) affects many people. Most people don’t even know what soy is. Yet many people suffer from the effects soy has on their digestive tract. Many people have a soy sensitivity and don’t even know it. Soy is in all kinds of foods either . . . Read more → Soy Sensitivity A delicious way to trigger IBS symptoms! Do you like fried food? What about some ice cream? OOOH, how about some fried ice cream?! How about cold cuts? Or Bacon? Or fried eggs on toast? I love all that stuff. And it can make me sick as heck (or that other place). It turns out . . . Read more → Fatty Foods Are your bowels oversensitive? For the last few years there has been a lot of discussion about yet another possible cause of IBS symptoms. It’s called visceral hypersensitivity or visceral hypersensitivity syndrome, and it’s part of something called “functional gastrointestinal disorders.” Whew! I try to keep things readable around here, but it looks like I’ll . . . Read more → Visceral Hypersensitivity Syndrome Blowing bubbles you don’t want! Many people ask whether chewing gum causes gas. Some people wonder if chewing gum can lead to other IBS symptoms like diarrhea. Here’s where you can find out. Chewing gum and gas, is there a connection? Definitely. Everyone that chews gum swallows little bits of air. As the air builds . . . Read more → Chewing Gum and Gas Do you really need MORE GAS? I was wondering a while back if there was a link between IBS, soda, and trapped gas pains. I had read a science study that said trapped gas was one possible cause of IBS symptoms and bowel spasms. I had also read somewhere that chewing gum can cause a . . . Read more → IBS Soda and Trapped Gas Peristalsis is an important part of digestion. It’s how food gets: down your throat… through your stomach… through your small intestine then… through your large intestine… to it’s final destination the rectum (before exiting out the back door ;). Peristalsis or “peristaltic action” is what moves food through your entire digestive tract. When things go . . . Read more → What is Peristalsis, and Why Should I Care? Do you have IBS pain and cramping? Find out why, what you can do to ease the pain. Belly pain is one of the main symptoms of IBS. Here are the gory details. . . . Read more → IBS Pain and Cramping… Things That Help Many people who think they have IBS are actually lactose intolerant. Of course it’s possible to have IBS and have trouble with lactose too! Lactose intolerance can cause just about all of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The good news is that if your IBS is simply lactose intolerance you can cure yourself by . . . Read more → Could You Be Lactose Intolerant? |
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