Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Bevvy, Maria and Shawn

I suppose it could be possible, but unless you have bipolar, probaly not a connection to it physically, but having to deal with it, is possble mentality.

There is a connection to people who get an enteric gut infection which resolves (Post Infectious IBS) and a person later develops IBS. Part of that are people who are stressed at the time of infection, because the stress system, also helps fight infections. Which is one reason why when you have a cold and are tired or stress it can make it worse, for example.

I also want to add here diet is very important as triggers to the underlying IBS and as a means to nromalize gut functioning. There is also problems in IBS from the "ACT of Eating." Especially in d predominate IBS, from the gastro colonic respone, which basically is the stomach telling the lower colon food is on the way and the sigmoid colon over reacts and cause d. The amount of calories and fats are a big part of this process.

This is also in heathers book.

normal 15 minutes after eating and the lower colon. The food is still in the upper gi tract.

and IBS

There are also some twenty five functional gi disorders and many can overlap in the same person.

FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS

http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/functional.asp

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

Kevin Olden, MD
Mayo Clinic

What is the Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/ibs.asp

This is a brain scan of IBS.

Neuroimaging has provided evidence of physiological differences between normal individuals
and those suffering from IBS in the way a visceral stimulus (ie, rectal distention) is processed in
the brain.[14,15] Initial data from positron emission tomography (PET) scans demonstrated
increased activation of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) among normal individuals, compared
to IBS patients. The ACC is a cerebral cortical area that is rich in opiate receptors and is thought
to be a major component of cognitive circuits relating to perception as well as descending spinal
pathways involving pain. More recently, fMRI was used to demonstrate increased activity in the
ACC, prefrontal (PF), and insular cortex areas, and in the thalamus of IBS patients compared to
normal individuals."

That front part lite up in red is an "anxiety" part of the brain. However another part which they are stuying carefully is the Anteior Cinculate Cortex.

They also believe by the way Hypnosis effects the ACC and is one reason why HT helps pain in IBS. They are doing research and pet scans on this as we speak.

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My website on IBS is www.ibshealth.com

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