Current Irritable Bowel Syndrome Stories
Your Local Irritable Bowel Syndrome Doctor
Update on New IBS Treatment
There may be a new answer for a very common gastrointestinal disorder called irritable bowel syndrome.
The answer: an antibiotic.
A new study just released shows perhaps treating bacterial overgrowth of the intestines with an antibiotic might help.
Kim Williams has suffered tremendously from irritable bowel syndrome--a disease that doesn’t kill, it doesn’t cause life-changing disability--except for making one a slave to his or her bathroom.
“I’ve had days while having I.B.S. that I couldn’t go to work or I couldn’t go to school because i didn’t know if I could make it to my destination because I didn’t know if I could find a bathroom,” says Kim.
Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by abdominal pain and bloating associated with diarrhea, constipation, or these two alternating.
Read more about Update on New IBS Treatment
Update on New IBS Treatment video
Related Links:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT
New IBS Treatment
Doris Brundza says that battling irritable bowel syndrome for over two decades completely zapped away her energy. “It impacted my energy level because with irritable bowel sometimes you feel like your bowels are inflamed and when you have diarrhea that is exhausting,” says Doris.
Severe abdominal pain, bloating and altered bowel habits are all a part of living with irritable bowel syndrome. There is no known cure for it, however, promising new research may have just unlocked some of the mystery of this disease. The missing link…a bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine.
“In irritable bowel syndrome there is an altered motility that can lead to certain parts of the intestine getting sluggish, and the bacteria that are normally present in our intestine can overgrow and that is called bacterial overgrowth and the symptoms of bacteria overgrowth in the intestine are very similar to I.B.S., bloating, gas pains, cramping, so the idea was can we give an antibiotic to get rid of some of these symptoms in I.B.S. patients,” says Dr. Christine Frissora of New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Read more about New IBS Treatment
New IBS Treatment video
Related Links:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT
ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT
There is new hope for patients suffering from the gastrointestinal condition known as ulcerative colitis.
The disease can be severe, and often, treatment does not completely relieve the symptoms. Sometimes surgery is the only recourse for patients who suffer from ulcerative colitis.
Read more about ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT
ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT video
Related Links:
OBESITY AND GI CANCER RISK
Colon Cancer March Madness
African American Women and Colon Cancer
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS is a disorder of
the intestines that leads to cramps, gas, pain and bouts of diarrhea alternated with constipation.
Read more about Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome video
Related Links:
Diverticulitis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Inflammatory bowel disease can make life miserable for people who suffer from it. It is inconvenient to the point of adversely affecting the quality of life.
“Because of inflammatory bowel syndrome, for my entire life, wherever I went I had to know where the nearest bathroom was, and make sure I didn’t stray too far from it,” says 16 year old Melissa Feinberg.
Read more about INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE video
Related Links:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
ULCERATIVE COLITIS TREATMENT
New IBS Treatment
