Re: Why does IBS-D all of a sudden become IBS-C?
01/09/04 11:27 AM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
Posts: 7799
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Hi - IBS is a motility problem, which means your gut can have too much or too little motility...or it can swing between those extremes.
Best bet is prevention - keep your gut stable as much as possible. You know the (boring) drill here - watch your diet, keep your soluble fiber supplement intake as high as you can every day, lots of water, exercise, helpful herbal teas, stress management, yoga/meditation, the gut-directed hypnotherapy. All of these things will keep your gut muscle contractions as stable as possible, and that's what will prevent the ugly symptoms. Trying to get yourself back to normal once you've really swung to either extreme is more difficult than keeping on an even keel in the first place.
There's all the technical info about motility and the brain-gut dysfunction underlying IBS here Brain Gut Dysfunction and Motility
Best,
Heather
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