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- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:37 am
- Forum: digestive problems
- Topic: Stomach Problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5955
Re: Stomach Problems
I can understand your worry, Jayne. This is not your father’s usual pattern. He is losing weight and becoming fatigued. He is not well and it sounds as if he should be admitted to hospital for urgent investigation and treatment. I don’t think you should be waiting any longer. Please impress on his d...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:37 am
- Forum: digestive problems
- Topic: stomach problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3639
Re: stomach problems
Yes H.pylori occurs in a lot of people and it can recur. There is a simple breath test to screen for it. Your doctor should be able to advise you about this. But of course any change or stress may rekindle your irritable stomach. So just ask yourself whether anything has happened recently to upset y...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:36 am
- Forum: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Topic: IBS & Thyroid
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3342
Re: IBS & Thyroid
Yes, all of these can be related. It is thought that having IBS for a long time can lead to diverticular disease and oesophageal reflux is related to a disturbance on sensitivity and motility at the top end of the gut, while IBS might be regarded as a similar thing happening at the lower end. The cr...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: bowel problems
- Topic: How do I make my stools easier to pass?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3929
Re: How do I make my stools easier to pass?
Sodium Docusate is a bowel softener, so is Fybogel. You could also try using prune juice and increasing the amount of vegetables in your diet. Beetroot is a good bowel stimulant. Allow time in your busy schedule to go to the loo, don’t strain, but try to sit upright relax and and breathe out regular...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: bowel problems
- Topic: Constipation problems
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3488
Re: Constipation problems
It is clear that your bowels are very responsive to how you feel emotionally. Like many people, being away from your familiar surroundings blocked you up, while becoming anxious made your bowels very irritable. The reason for these erratic changes in your bowel function are much more likely to do wi...
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: general
- Topic: CT Bowel Scans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2696
Re: CT Bowel Scans
No. If you need a bowel scan, your doctor and specialist are the best to advise and then follow you up with any treatment you might need. Private bowel scans are expensive and do not usually offer any follow up. And if you take the result to your doctor, they are most likely to repeat it.
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:25 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Bile Salt Malabsorbtion
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2655
Re: Bile Salt Malabsorbtion
Bile acid malabsorption is very common in IBS-D (diarrhoea predominant IBS). It is most likely related to a rapid small bowel transit which dumps excessive amounts of bile acid into the colon. This irritates the colon causing secretion and peristalsis resulting in urgency and diarrhoea. Questran is ...
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 9:13 pm
- Forum: general
- Topic: Bladder infection & IBS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3560
Re: Bladder infection & IBS
Unfortunately, the menopause can often be associated with an increase in physiological and emotional tension, causing a variety of symptoms. You say you had a hysterectomy. This can often bring on other pelvic symptoms involving the bladder and the bowel. If they removed your ovaries as well, your s...
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: digestive problems
- Topic: How do I manage my bloating?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3297
Re: How do I manage my bloating?
What has changed to make you bloated. Bloating is often due to a combination of something that is causing emotional tension and a change in diet that contains a lot of gas producing foods. You may find that a diet low in gas producing foods (low FODMAP diet) might help (see http://www.theibsnetwork....
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:17 pm
- Forum: bowel problems
- Topic: Urgency
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3485
Re: Urgency
Ask yourself what has changed/ The most likely thing is that somehting has happened to upset your bowels? If that is the cause, bring that back to mind and try to deal with that situation or use mindfulness techniques to help to think about it and find the optimal solution. The next possibility is t...