natural solution for IBS?

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-10-2005
natural solution for IBS?
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Sun, 04-24-2005 - 9:34pm
hello everyone, just had a question wondering if anyone could help. I have been having stomach pains for a long time and my doctor has pretty much narrowed it down to either being gallbladder disease or irritable bowel syndrome. he told me that IBS is very hard to treat. I was already on one type of medicine for it and it didn't help. I have done a little research on enemas. I was just wondering if this could help with IBS syptoms at all? would it be something worth trying? any input would help, thanks
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-25-2005 - 8:48am

Hi minnarose - has the doctor done any tests to rule out the gallbladder as being a cause of the problems?

Any time you are looking at natural solutions - the first thing to start with is diet.

The GB is easy - low fat. Reduce (or eliminate) processed food from your diet (ie. high calorie fast food, stuff that comes in packages,deli food, soft drinks - both regular and diet).

There is a food journal at www.fitday.com that lets you input what you've eaten and it provides you with a breakdown of where the calories are coming from

If it's IBS - I would think eliminating processed foods, deli,junk food, etc would be a first step.

I don't think I'd call an enema 'natural' - more like an 'do it at home' treatment. Two very different things. What does your doctor thing about this treatment? Or have you discussed it with a Naturopath.

Some links:
Ask the Healthy Eating Expert: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/listsf.asp?webtag=iv-fbask&nav=start

Naturopathic Orginization (type in zip code to find one): http://www.naturopathic.org/

Best of luck - I'm sure some of the ladies who have manged their IBS will be along with ideas for you,

Jo

 

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Registered: 10-14-2003
Mon, 04-25-2005 - 10:45am

Hi

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Mon, 04-25-2005 - 7:00pm

Hi Minnarose!


Welcome to the board.