IBS Treatments

Brisbane Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatments
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THE GUT IS A COMPLEX SYSTEM AND YET IT IS A SYSTEM WE SRE CONSTANTLY INTERACTING WITH, EATING, DRINKING AND NATURAL BODILY FUNCTION OF WASTE REMOVAL. THIS SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FUNCTIONING WELL TO SUPPORT OVERALL HEALTH.THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (GUT) CAN BE VIEWED AS A GATEWAY TO THE BODY IT IS WHERE THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MEETS THE INTERNAL ECO SYSTEM, WHERE FOOD IS DIGESTED AND IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINETHE DIGESTION OF LIFE EXPERIENCES AND THE TRANSFORMATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

DIGESTIVE ISSUES HAVE INCREASED MORE PREVALENT IS FOOD INTOLERANCES.

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CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

  1. TODAYS MODERN FAST PACED LIFE STYLE
  2. CONVIENT FAST FOODS AND PROCESSED FOODS
  3. STRESS AND THE DISCONNECTION FROM THE ART OF EATING

DIET AND LIFE STYLE CHANGE CAN RESTORE AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY GUT TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS. DIGESTIVE DISCOMFORT CAN BE STRESSFUL AND POTENTIALLY DEBILITATING, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF SYMPTOMS.

A HEALTHY GUT HELPS TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BODY AND MIND.

CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL BEFORE MAKING DIET AND LIFE STYLE CHANGES.

THE GUT CONTAINS WITHIN A WHOLE WORLD OF MICRO-ORGANISMS THIS MICROSCOPIC COMMUNITY IS CALLED THE MICROBIOME OR MICROBIOTA, WHICH INCLUDES BACTERIA VIRUSES, AND FUNGI. ABOUT 95% OF THESE MICROBES LIVE IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, PREDOMINANTLY IN THE LARGE INTESTINE. THE COMPOSITION OF THE COLONY OF MICROBES IN YOUR GUT IS UNIQUE AS YOUR OWN FINGERPRINT.

SOME BACTERIA STRAINS ARE HARMFUL WHILE MANY OTHERS ARE BENEFICIAL AND NECESSARY FOR A HEALTHY MIND AND BODY. WHEN THE NUMBER OF HARMFUL BACTERIA OUT WEIGHS THE NUMBER OF GOOD BACTERIA IN THE GUT IT RESULTS IN AN IMBALANCE CALLED DYSBIOSIS.

LINKS BETWEEN GUT HEALTH AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, MENTAL HEALTH, AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS, WEIGHT, SKIN CONDITIONS AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS HAVE BEEN EXPLORED AND IDENTIFIED IN STUDIES.THE GUT HOUSE 70% TO 80% OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

POOR GUT HEALTH RESULTS IN

  1. DIGESTIVE DISCOMFORT
  2. RESTRICTED ESSENTIAL ENERGY AND NUTRIENT SUPPLIES TO ORGANS AND SYSTEMS THEREBY DECRASING THEIR FUNCTIONS.
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS)

IBS IS A CHRONIC GASTRINTESTINAL DISORDER EXPERIENCED BY 1 IN 5 AUSTRALIANS.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS –

  1. SUGAR CRAVINGS
  2. UNINTENTIONAL WEIGHT GAIN OR LOSS
  3. SLEEP DISTURBANCES / FATIGUE
  4. SKIN IRRITATIONS
  5. AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS, POOR IMMUNITY, FREQUENT ILLNESS AND INFECTIONS
  6. FOOD ALLERGIES, INTOLERANCES AND SENSITIVITIES
  7. ANXIETY, DEPRESSION
  8. CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHOEA

IBS IS CHARACTERISED BY

ABDOMINAL PAIN, BLOATING, NAUSEA, CONSTIPATION, DIARRHOEA OR BOTH. IBS IS MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN AND HAVE SENSITIVE STOMACHS. IBS HAS AN UNKNOWN CAUSE, AND IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IBS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY DIET, CERTAIN FOODS, EMOTIONAL STRESS, INFECTION, CHANGES TO DAILY ROUTINE RESULTING IN VARIATIONS OF BACTERIA COMPOSITION OF THE MICROBIOME AND ITS FUNCTION. RESEARCH SHOWS IBS INVOLVES VARIATIONS IN NERVE FUNCTION ESPECIALLY HOW PAIN SENSATIONS ARE PROCESSED.

TALK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IF YOU THINK YOU ARE EXPERIENCING IBS.

BRAIN GUT CONNECTION

THE BRAIN AND GUT DEVELOP FROM THE SAME PART OF THE HUMAN EMBRYO AND SHARE MANY NERVE ENDINGS AND NEUROTRANSMITTERS, ONE SECTION DEVELOPS INTO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) AND ANOTHER PIECE BECOMES THE ENTERIC SYSTEM AND THE TWO NERVOUS SYSTEMS ARE CONNECTED VIA THE VAGUS NERVE, RESULTING IN INTERCONNECTING ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE TWO NERVOUS SYSTEMS.

NEARLY EVERY CHEMICAL THAT CONTROLS THE BRAIN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE GUT INCLUDING NEUROTRANSMITTERS (SEROTONIN), AND HORMONES. THIS EXPLAINS GASTROINTESTINAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR FROM EMOTIONAL STIMULANTS SUCH AS STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND NERVOUSNESS.

 SEROTONIN IS A NEUROTRANSMITTER FOUND IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT AND IT MAY BE INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF PERISTALSIS, SECRETION, SENSATION AND COULD PLAY A ROLE IN IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME DUE TO DEFECTS IN SEROTONIN SIGNALLING IN THE GUT.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN IBS

  1. DIET HIGH IN PROCESSED FOODS – ARTIFICAL INGREDIENTS, PRESERVATIVES, ADDITIVES, ARTIFICIAL SUGARS DAMAGING GUT MICROBIOME CAUSING INFLAMMATION.
  2. POOR SLEEP ROUTINE – DISTURBING THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM HAS A NEGATIVE ACTION ON THE GUT MICROBIOTA.
  3. LOW DIVERSITY IN DIET – GUT MICROBIOME THRIVES ON FOOD DIVERSITY
  4. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES – FUMES, TOXIC CHEMICALS, CIGARETTE SMOKE, POLLUTION AND ALCOHOL – THESE FACTORS MAY RESULT IN INFLAMMATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND ALTER THE DIVERSITY OF THE MICROBIOTA.
  5. STRESS – REDUCES BLOOD FLOW TO THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND INCREASES GUT SENSITIVITY AND CHANGES THE HARMONY AND BALANCE OF THE HARMFUL AND FRIENDLY BACTERIA IN THE MICROBIOME.
 
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ACUPUNCTURE AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

ACUPUNCTURE WILL TREAT THE PAIN AND SPASMS OCCURING IN IBS, AND STIMULATE THE RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE GUT AND BRAIN INCREASING SEROTONIN AND NOREPINEPHRINE LEVELS TO IMPROVE DIGESTION AND MOOD.

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENTS REDUCE STRESS AND INCREASE THE ABILITY TO RELAX THEREBY REDUCING INSOMNIA AND ANXIETY.

 ACUPUNCTURE RELEASES OPIOD PEPTIDES AND RELIEVES PAIN, DEPRESSION, STRESS, ANXIETY, AND GASTROINTESTINAL DISCOMFORT.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

DIET AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES

EXERCISE ON A REGULAR BASIS

CONSUME PLENTY OF WATER

ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF SLEEP AND REST

MEDITATION

USING CHINESE HERBS, VITAMINS AND NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS

INCLUDING THE USE OF PREBIOTICS AND PROBIOTICS

 

CONSULT WITH A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF IBS.

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