| IBS can seem to come from nowhere, and
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| | the symptoms of IBS.
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| its sufferers often have trouble figuring
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| | Another more common theory is that IBS is
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| out why they are afflicted. The latest
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| | a stress-related disease. It is often
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| research sheds some light on the problem.
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| | suggested that stress, anxiety and
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| A number of theories aim to explain the
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| | depression cause IBS, but thinking is now
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| disease in terms of physiological
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| | more along the lines that these
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| disorder. These include possibilities
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| | psychological maladies only exacerbate
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| such as smooth muscle abnormalities,
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| | the symptoms rather than bring them on.
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| altered small intestinal mobility, or a
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| | Research has found the colon muscle of
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| sensory condition causing normal mobility
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| | someone with IBS is more sensitive than
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| of the gut to feel strange and abnormal
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| | that of a non-sufferer, which means that
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| to a person. However, no real evidence
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| | IBS sufferers have strong reactions to
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| has been found to support any of these
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| | stimuli that would not affect others. It
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| explanations. It is in fact often the
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| | is also suggested that hormones may
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| case that IBS sufferers are thought of as
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| | influence symptoms, as women generally
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| hypochondriacs without any real problem,
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| | have more symptoms of IBS when
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| and doctors who hold this belief tend to
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| | menstruating.
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| almost disregard their patients'
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| | A third possible cause of IBS is food
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| gastrointestinal complaints.
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| | intolerance. Although caffeine and
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| It is possible that an overgrowth of
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| | alcohol are generally found to aggravate
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| bacteria is what causes irritable bowel
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| | IBS, different individuals may find they
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| syndrome. The surge of bacteria would be
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| | have 'trigger' foods which vary widely.
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| present in the small intestine, as one
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| | Sometimes this can be found out by trial
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| researcher publishing in the Journal of
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| | and error in diet, but it is only
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| the American Medical Association has
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| | possible to confirm food intolerance by
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| proposed. The proposal suggested that
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| | blood testing for antibodies. Once the
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| ordinary bacteria normally found in the
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| | foods are identified by the test, they
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| large intestine may end up in the small
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| | can be cut out of the diet, leading to an
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| intestine giving rise to the
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| | improvement in IBS symptoms. It is even
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| characteristic symptoms of IBS;
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| | the case that after a time, the foods
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| uncomfortable bloating and gas and a
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| | which were previously a problem can be
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| change in bowel movements, together with
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| | phased back into the diet as the immune
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| muscle and joint pain, chronic fatigue
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| | system appears to reset itself in the
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| and headaches which are sometimes found
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| | interim. Food intolerance testing kits
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| in sufferers. There may be 100 trillion
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| | are available from some pharmacies to
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| bacteria in the gut, but they are usually
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| | make it easier to identify problem foods
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| scarce in the small intestine, so an
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| | that may provoke the symptoms of IBS.
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| increase in bacteria here may account for
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