Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: eating disorders and IBS??

Hi Carey,
First off, I just wanted to say Hello since I haven't seen you around on the boards much.. but that isn't saying a lot since I get so behind in reading posts!!, but hello anyway!
As for the question about eating disorders, I can't give you a definite answer but I cab venture a guess... I have read that any trauma to the system (digestive system, I suppose) can trigger IBS.. Some surgeries, giving birth, food poisoning.. stuff like that. If this is true, I think it's totally plausable that an eating disorder could do the same as that would be quite a shock to the system.. Especially since I imagine in a case of anorexia, it is putting your body through so many extremes from the deprivation of nutrients to the body, to then re-introducing regular eating habbits back into the system.
Since nobody knows what exactly causes IBS, I don't think there is a definite answer (yet??) but I've been told that the cause of mine COULD be parasites I had in my stomach when I was younger that went AGES without treatment and it could have just been too traumatic for my digestive system to have recovered.. I think if you stopped eating, or eat so little, your body could definitely not know how to deal with foods anymore.. But that's just a guess!
Good luck!
--Steph

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