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)
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