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by healthyme
Posted: Wed., June 11, 2008, 07:56 pm
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Hi! I"M 64 years old and have suffered with IBS al;so went threw all kinds of tests and doctors trying to find something to help. I went to a health food store and tried Probiotics called Primadophilus Reuteri. It has just about taken it away!
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by tulip
Posted: Wed., June 11, 2008, 12:56 pm
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Several years ago I was diagnosed by a doctor to have IBS and he prescribed tranquilizers for a cure? Said it had to be my nerves. I objected to his theory. I was retired and quite happy; no stress?
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by MaryP
Posted: Wed., June 11, 2008, 11:21 am
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I would like to know if my stress from taking care of a wheeelchair and bed bound spouse affect any of my current conditions. I know if I get away for a couple of hours I feel much better, but it tires me out. I could easily sleep most of the day if I had time.
I had serious surgery in Nov 2007 for an ulcer that would not heal so nopw there are medications, such as for Ostoperosis that I can no longer take. Also I can no longer take Celebrex for my arthritis.
Any suggestions for substitutes?
Thanks
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by hernews
Posted: Sun., May 18, 2008, 03:15 pm
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SUNDAY, May 18 (EmpowHer's HealthDay News) -- A real-time microscopic technique called confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders such as cancer, reflux disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.
That's the conclusion of several studies to be presented May 18 at the Digestive Disease Week conference in San Diego.
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by Michelle
Posted: Sun., April 20, 2008, 11:35 am
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My poor girlfriend. She falls and breaks her hip in the middle of the night. Then has to have two surgeries to fix her hip. Has been confined to her bed and now has developed IBS because of all the anti-biodics she's had to take.
She was very proactive and got on a probiodic to help regain the good bacteria in the bowel. Which is something I learned a long time ago, when my husband got a staph infection in his spine and was on heavy doses of a very strong antibiodic.
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by Dr Maoshing Ni
Posted: Mon., April 14, 2008, 10:44 am
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East meets West in this extraordinary guide to natural healing by a prominent doctor of Chinese medicine and the author of Secrets of Longevity.
Dr. Mao's philosophy is simple: We all have a built-in healing ability, so why not try to activate it with natural means before we resort to drugs and invasive procedures? For the common cold, why not exploit the power of garlic, ginger, and the herb astragalus instead of taking cold medicine that simply replaces symptoms with side effects?
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by slee
Posted: Wed., April 9, 2008, 08:21 am
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I had to flag this up - a new reader of this blog left a comment (thanks to all commenters by the way, it's great to get feedback) and told me about a conversation that took place during his last doctor's visit. I hope he won't mind me quoting it here, but I wanted to mention it because it's one of the worst examples of patient care I've ever seen in my life:
Doctor: "We've tested for Crohn's, colitis, celiac, etc...and everything looks OK. It would seem you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome."
Me: "OK...What's that?"
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by slee
Posted: Tue., April 8, 2008, 07:34 am
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I recently stumbled upon a rather unusual website which lists the various health problems of every US president in history. Obviously the first thing I did was to look for digestive woes, and my word, did these men have some digestive woes!
I've chosen some of the best gastrointestinal malfunctionings and listed them below. I have to say I find it quite cheering to know that you can be the leader of the free world and still have hemorrhoids. Maybe that's just me.
Anyway, here's the list...
Thomas Jefferson - "life-threatening" constipation after a severe illness.
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by slee
Posted: Mon., April 7, 2008, 07:24 am
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The IBS Network is the only charity in the UK dedicated solely to IBS sufferers, and it does a great job - I often refer people to its helpline, staffed by specialist IBS nurses, and it produces a range of newsletters, leaflets and other publications about IBS. Self-help groups are co-ordinated through the Network, and the people who work there are lovely and always very helpful.
However, they have recently done something which I consider to be a Very Strange Thing. They have changed their name from the "IBS Network" to "The Gut Trust".
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by slee
Posted: Fri., April 4, 2008, 09:14 am
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There was a survey out the other day which found that, out of 2,000 adults, 38% said that they "evaluated their self-diagnosed condition over the internet", and 48% said that embarrassing conditions such as sexually transmitted diseases and bowel problems would make them think twice about going to the doctor.
Now, first of all let's take a look at the 38% of people - that's a whopping 760 out of 2,000 adults - who are self-diagnosing and trying to evaluate their own symptoms over the internet. These people have no brain.
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