Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Ibs & heart palpatations

Hi Tamara, the UNC is North Carolina is a top gi research center for IBS.

They issue a free newsletter called "digest." I highly recommend getting it free. You can get it here and there is also a lot of information on their site.

http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc/digest.htm

and the site

http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc/

The new newsletter listed this.

In the new UNC digest newletter they list 26 non gi complaints more common in IBS then normals.

headache
dizziness
heart palpitations
back pain
shortness of breath
muscle ache
frequent urinating
difficulty in urinating
sensitivity to heat and cold
constant tiredness
Pain during intercourse -sex-
trembling hands
sleep difficuties
bad breath-unpleasant taste in mouth
grinding your teeth
jaw pain
flushing of face and neck
dry mouth
week or wobbly legs
scratchy throat
tightness or pressure in chest
low sex drive
poor appetite
eye pain
stiff muscles
eye twitching

"Symptoms, such as pain, sweating, heart palpitations, and feeling faint are related to the exaggerated nervous system response to eating that occurs in people with IBS."

Douglas Drossman, professor of medicine and psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and co-director of the UNC Center for Functional GI and Utility Disorders.

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/65/79521.htm

Its still very important to work with your doctor on this one as it may have other causes and because you should be checked for anything to do with the heart.

Hope that helps though.

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My website on IBS is www.ibshealth.com

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