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What IBS Patients Need - But Don't Get - From Their Physicians
      05/08/06 04:37 PM
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Press Release: What IBS Patients Need - But Don't Get - From Their Physicians

The first studies ever to assess Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients' knowledge regarding their disorder (conducted by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and recently presented at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology) have found significant patient misconceptions about the causes of their condition and unawareness of how to manage symptoms.

However, IBS patient feedback from Help For IBS, the largest IBS community on the internet (with over 55,000 subscribers and 4.5 million visits annually), has found that many of the most common IBS patient misconceptions, as well as the lack of knowledge about symptom-management, stem directly from misinformation provided by these patients' own doctors.

Our findings highlight the top areas of concern for Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients - areas where their physicians provided either no information, or misinformation that in many cases actually worsened these patients' IBS symptoms.

1. Diet. Though it is well-established that fats and insoluble fiber foods (particularly wheat bran) can exacerbate Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms, while soluble fiber foods and supplements can help, IBS patients continue to be told that "diet doesn't matter". They are also often advised to "eat more fiber" without being told of the distinction between insoluble and soluble fiber foods. Lack of proper dietary information is by far the number one frustration for most IBS patients, and they report anger and disillusionment with their doctors for not providing accurate diet guidelines and additional dietary resources such as books or websites.

2. Hormonal issues. Three-quarters of IBS sufferers are female, and hormones have been shown to play a role in both the exacerbation and mitigation of IBS symptoms. IBS patients report a real need for understanding how pregnancy, hormonal birth control methods, and menopause can affect their IBS.

3. Alternative medicine. Over 50% of IBS patients turn to alternative medicine for help, and studies have shown successful results from gut-directed hypnotherapy, acupuncture, and yoga. IBS patients report a great deal of curiosity about trying alternative medicine for their symptoms and they would like to discuss these options with their doctors. However, they also note that their physicians rarely address these topics unless prompted and even then are rarely able to provide detailed information.

4. Medications. IBS patients repeatedly report being given inappropriate or ineffective medications for their IBS symptoms. Men and women with diarrhea-predominant IBS have been given prescriptions for Zelnorm, which is strictly for women with constipation-IBS and contraindicated for diarrhea. Many patients have questions about anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications, but find that their doctors are unaware of how best to use these drugs for IBS. Patients commonly report that their doctors don't key medications to their specific IBS symptoms, and that their doctors seem surprised by the frequency of side effects or lack of good results.

5. Herbal medicine. More than half of all IBS patients try herbal medicines such as enteric coated peppermint oil capsules, fennel, or probiotics - all of which have clinical studies demonstrating their effectiveness for IBS symptoms. They would like their doctors to inform them of the best ways to use herbal medicines and if there are any safety concerns, but they commonly report that their doctors simply don't know anything about this subject.

6. Understanding their diagnosis. IBS patients see an average of three physicians over three years before receiving a diagnosis, but they are rarely given a clear explanation of what, exactly, IBS is. Patients frequently report uncertainty about the test results (or lack thereof) used to obtain their diagnosis, and they are looking for assurance that their diagnosis is accurate. They want to understand exactly what causes their symptoms, and they need to hear that IBS will not lead to other illnesses such as colon cancer. Many patients express frustration with the lack of basic IBS anatomical information provided by their physicians, including the frequent omission of any discussion of the brain-gut disorder that underlies IBS symptoms. Patients feel at a loss to treat their IBS when they're not even told what IBS is.

7. IBS is not taken seriously. IBS patients repeatedly report having their complaints diminished or outright dismissed by their own physicians. The most common refrain they hear is that IBS is "all in their heads", IBS is "not a serious problem", and that there is nothing that can be done for IBS so they should just "learn to live with it." Every one of these statements is false, and this type of denigration has catastrophic results.

The severity of IBS can be measured by its direct costs (use of healthcare-related services such as physician visits and diagnostic tests), which have been estimated to range from $1.5 to $10 billion annually in America. The indirect costs of IBS (loss of hourly wages resulting from missed work or diminished work productivity resulting from absences for physician visits or incapacitating symptoms) are estimated to be much greater - approaching $20 billion annually.

The costs of IBS can be measured not just in currency but in lives. In 2004 the American Gastroenterological Association reported that 38% of IBS patients in one study had contemplated suicide because of their symptoms. Hopelessness due to symptom severity, interference with life, and inadequacy of treatment were highlighted as crucial issues for all IBS patients. It's tragically clear that a significant number of IBS patients cannot "just live with it."

In summary, while the recent AGA presentation rightly concluded the need for effective IBS patient educational programs, Help For IBS patient feedback indicates that physician education clearly needs to come first. The AGA noted that physicians now have more scientific knowledge and an improved range of treatment options that can provide relief for IBS sufferers. However, as IBS patients themselves report, too many physicians continue to be completely unaware of this fact, and it is their patients who pay the price.

About Irritable Bowel Syndrome ~ IBS is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder characterized by recurring symptoms of abdominal pain associated with altered bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea, or both). More than 20% of Americans suffer from IBS, which affects more women (75%) than men. The cause of IBS is unknown, and there is no cure, but there are many ways to effectively manage specific symptoms.

Help for IBS is the IBS patient support site of Heather's Tummy Care. The site offers extensive resources for Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients online at HelpForIBS.com, and free educational materials, including twice monthly newsletters and downloadable IBS dietary cheat sheets. The mission of Heather's Tummy Care is to offer education, support, and tangible help that allows people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome to successfully manage their symptoms through lifestyle modifications. Help for IBS and Heather's Tummy Care were founded by IBS author and patient Heather Van Vorous.





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HeatherAdministrator
07/05/05 03:11 PM
* Health Economics of IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/05/05 03:01 PM
* Overlapping Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
06/20/05 03:52 PM
* Diagnostic Yield of Alarm Features in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
06/20/05 03:44 PM
* Colon Cancer Test Misses Growths in Women
HeatherAdministrator
06/05/05 05:56 PM
* Nongastrointestinal symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
05/22/05 07:14 PM
* Partnering With Gastroenterologists to Evaluate Patients With Chronic Constipation
HeatherAdministrator
05/08/05 06:16 PM
* Impairment in Work Productivity and Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With IBS
HeatherAdministrator
05/08/05 06:11 PM
* Nerves, Reflexes, and the Enteric Nervous System: Pathogenesis of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
05/08/05 06:06 PM
* What Does the Future Hold for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
05/08/05 06:02 PM
* Towards a better understanding of abdominal bloating and distension in functional GI disorders
HeatherAdministrator
04/24/05 03:40 PM
* IBS is a risk factor for GERD
HeatherAdministrator
04/10/05 06:25 PM
* New Recommendations for Treating Children With Chronic Abdominal Pain
HeatherAdministrator
03/28/05 01:59 PM
* Irritable bowel syndrome in developing countries
HeatherAdministrator
03/28/05 01:29 PM
* Stress and the gastrointestinal tract
HeatherAdministrator
03/28/05 01:27 PM
* Alternating Bowel Habit Subtype in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
03/28/05 12:28 PM
* Fecal Microbiota of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients
HeatherAdministrator
03/04/05 12:11 PM
* Post-infectious IBS in patients with Shigella infection
HeatherAdministrator
03/04/05 12:03 PM
* Surgical Treatment of Chronic Functional Constipation?
HeatherAdministrator
03/04/05 11:24 AM
* Chronic constipation in children
HeatherAdministrator
02/19/05 05:53 PM
* Intestinal infection and irritable bowel syndrome.
HeatherAdministrator
02/19/05 05:36 PM
* Overlap of GI symptom complexes in a US community
HeatherAdministrator
02/06/05 02:35 PM
* Magnetic pill tracking: a novel non-invasive tool for investigation of human digestive motility
HeatherAdministrator
02/06/05 02:27 PM
* The value of a general therapeutic approach in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
02/06/05 02:22 PM
* Is Constipation Associated with Decreased Physical Activity in Normally Active Subjects?
HeatherAdministrator
02/06/05 02:18 PM
* High interdigestive and postprandial motilin levels in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
02/06/05 02:12 PM
* 10% to 20% of older adults have IBS
HeatherAdministrator
01/23/05 05:05 PM
* Diagnostic Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Family Practice Doctors Unaware of Guidelines
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 06:20 PM
* Stress Increases Visceral Sensitivity in IBS Patients
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 06:13 PM
* Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with colonic pacing
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 05:53 PM
* Irritable bowel syndrome: colonoscopy painful and difficult?
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 05:50 PM
* Suicide in IBS patients emphasizes need for improvements in treatment
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 05:47 PM
* New Risk for Asthma, Allergy Found in the Gut
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/05 04:53 PM
* Salt intake and smoking play major roles in GERD
HeatherAdministrator
12/20/04 02:11 PM
* Constipation and Laxative Use Found to Increase Colon Cancer Risk
HeatherAdministrator
12/20/04 01:30 PM
* Link Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Alcoholism and Mental Illness
HeatherAdministrator
12/20/04 01:24 PM
* Complementary and alternative medicine in gastroenterology
HeatherAdministrator
12/20/04 01:16 PM
* Advances in the Treatment of Chronic Constipation
HeatherAdministrator
11/28/04 02:55 PM
* Symptom patterns in functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
11/28/04 02:34 PM
* Obese Women Face Higher Risk of Colorectal Cancer
HeatherAdministrator
11/08/04 04:48 PM
* Obesity is Associated With Increased Risk of Gastrointestinal Symptoms
HeatherAdministrator
10/24/04 07:42 PM
* Stress Therapy Can Help Irritable Bowel
HeatherAdministrator
10/24/04 07:38 PM
* Relationship Between Colon Ischemia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
10/11/04 04:15 PM
* Clinical Update on the Treatment of Constipation in Adults
HeatherAdministrator
10/11/04 03:34 PM
* Racial Differences in the Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome on Health-Related Quality of Life
HeatherAdministrator
10/11/04 03:25 PM
* What Differentiates Chronic Constipation From IBS With Constipation?
HeatherAdministrator
09/26/04 03:25 PM
* Treatment options in irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
09/26/04 02:57 PM
* Diagnostic approach to suspected irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
09/12/04 03:38 PM
* Dyssynergic Defecation: Demographics, Symptoms, Stool Patterns, and Quality of Life
HeatherAdministrator
09/12/04 03:35 PM
* Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth - A Framework for Understanding IBS
HeatherAdministrator
08/30/04 01:46 PM
* New views - and some respect - for IBS
HeatherAdministrator
08/30/04 01:25 PM
* Categorization of dysmotility in patients with chronic constipation
HeatherAdministrator
08/08/04 02:54 PM
* Prevalence of IBS according to different diagnostic criteria
HeatherAdministrator
08/08/04 02:50 PM
* Irritable Bowel Can Follow Dysentery
HeatherAdministrator
08/08/04 02:37 PM
* Irritable Bowel Syndrome Remains a Difficult Condition to Manage
HeatherAdministrator
07/24/04 02:09 PM
* Intolerance to visceral distension in functional dyspepsia or irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
07/24/04 02:17 PM
* Bacillary dysentery as a causative factor of irritable bowel syndrome and its pathogenesis
HeatherAdministrator
07/24/04 01:42 PM
* Irritable Bowel Syndrome Linked to High Rates of Various Surgeries
HeatherAdministrator
07/11/04 02:15 PM
* Drug-Free Ways to Treat IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/11/04 01:47 PM
* Irritable Bowel Syndrome - An Evidence-Based Approach to Diagnosis
HeatherAdministrator
06/27/04 01:14 PM
* Biases Affect Treatment of IBS
HeatherAdministrator
06/04/04 06:45 PM
* Moms with Bowel Symptoms Take Baby to Doctor More
HeatherAdministrator
05/25/04 11:53 AM
* Natural History of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
05/10/04 02:36 PM
* Intestinal Gas May Contribute to IBS Symptoms
HeatherAdministrator
05/10/04 02:29 PM
* Are Your Bowels Irritable? IBS Awareness Month is Here
HeatherAdministrator
04/09/04 07:11 PM
* Heartburn May Not Reflect Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Severity
HeatherAdministrator
03/30/04 02:43 PM
* A link between irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia
HeatherAdministrator
03/30/04 01:46 PM
* Diverticular Disease: Electrophysiologic Study and a New Concept of Pathogenesis
HeatherAdministrator
03/09/04 11:48 AM
* New Syndrome Connects Gallbladder Dysfunction And Chronic Diarrhea
HeatherAdministrator
03/09/04 11:45 AM
* Researchers Pioneer Accessible, Cost-Effective Treatments for IBS
HeatherAdministrator
03/08/04 06:48 PM
* Splitting IBS: from original Rome to Rome II criteria
HeatherAdministrator
02/10/04 02:35 PM
* Utilization patterns and net direct medical cost to Medicaid of IBS
HeatherAdministrator
02/10/04 02:34 PM
* Family practitioners' attitudes and knowledge about IBS
HeatherAdministrator
02/10/04 02:32 PM
* The Effect of Somatization on Gastrointestinal and Extraintestinal Symptoms of IBS
HeatherAdministrator
01/26/04 03:26 PM
* Surgery and IBS
HeatherAdministrator
01/26/04 03:21 PM
* IBS Subgroups by Bowel Habit Predominance
HeatherAdministrator
01/26/04 03:13 PM
* Visceral perception thresholds in irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/04 11:56 AM
* Electric activity of the colon in irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/04 11:52 AM
* Irritable Bowel Syndrome's Possible Genetic Link
HeatherAdministrator
01/07/04 11:40 AM
* Intestinal gas distribution determines abdominal symptoms
HeatherAdministrator
12/16/03 12:27 PM
* Faecal incontinence - Many treatment options now exist
HeatherAdministrator
12/16/03 12:17 PM
* Abnormal Colonic Propagated Activity in Patients with Constipation
HeatherAdministrator
12/16/03 12:07 PM
* Colonic Propulsive Impairment in Intractable Slow-Transit Constipation
HeatherAdministrator
12/16/03 12:03 PM
* Overlapping upper and lower GI symptoms in IBS patients with constipation or diarrhea
HeatherAdministrator
12/01/03 05:51 PM
* Familial aggregation of irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
12/01/03 05:49 PM
* Outlook affects bowel disorder patients
HeatherAdministrator
11/18/03 03:30 PM
* Doctors unmoved by bowel misery
HeatherAdministrator
11/18/03 03:28 PM
* Travelers' Diarrhoea Can Trigger Irritable Bowel
HeatherAdministrator
11/04/03 03:21 PM
* Mind-Body Technique Eases Kids' Gut Pain
HeatherAdministrator
10/30/03 11:17 AM
* Molecular Alterations In Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
10/20/03 03:46 PM
* Three in Four People With IBS Also Have Functional Dyspepsia
HeatherAdministrator
10/15/03 03:28 PM
* Infectious Gastroenteritis Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
09/30/03 02:27 PM
* Association Between Pain Episodes & High Amplitude Pressure Waves in IBS
HeatherAdministrator
09/16/03 03:54 PM
* Constipation and its management
HeatherAdministrator
09/16/03 03:41 PM
* Contributions of suggestion, desire, and expectation to placebo effects in IBS patients
HeatherAdministrator
09/16/03 03:28 PM
* Do published guidelines for evaluation of IBS reflect practice?
HeatherAdministrator
08/30/03 02:40 PM
* Cognitive-behavioral therapy versus education and desipramine versus placebo for IBS
HeatherAdministrator
08/12/03 12:54 PM
* Distinctive features of postinfective irritable bowel syndrome
HeatherAdministrator
07/28/03 03:18 PM
* UCLA/CURE Neuroenteric Disease Program Newsletter
HeatherAdministrator
07/23/03 10:38 AM
* Bacterial Overgrowth in IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/18/03 12:15 PM
* Diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome.
HeatherAdministrator
07/18/03 11:54 AM
* Eradication of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth reduces symptoms of IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/18/03 11:44 AM
* Antibiotics increase functional abdominal symptoms.
HeatherAdministrator
07/18/03 11:41 AM
* Treatment of the irritable bowel syndrome.
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 11:02 PM
* Extraintestinal symptoms in IBS and IBD
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 06:21 PM
* Postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome.
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 06:19 PM
* Dieting severity and GI symptoms in college women.
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 01:13 PM
* Functional GI disorders and eating disorders - Relevance of the association
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 11:14 AM
* Features of eating disorders in patients with IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/15/03 11:12 AM
* New and Important Insights Into IBS
HeatherAdministrator
07/14/03 03:24 PM
* The Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Fibromyalgia Connection
HeatherAdministrator
07/14/03 03:19 PM
* Update on Treatment of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
HeatherAdministrator
07/14/03 02:55 PM
* Irritable bowel syndrome in primary care: The patients’ and doctors’ views
HeatherAdministrator
07/14/03 02:43 PM
* Inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome: separate or unified?
HeatherAdministrator
07/14/03 02:32 PM

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