Below is a list of common medical terms related to IBS. Knowing these medical words can help make the conversations with your healthcare provider easier to understand. Abdomen: area between the chest and the hips that contains the intestinal organs. Acute: temporary. Antidepressants: a group of drugs that, in IBS, may be used to reduce […]
Personal Story
C’s Personal Story: IBS, Numbness, and Painful Symptoms Hi so for the past few years i thought i was suffering with IBS constipation & then diarrhea where before hand was very regular with toileting Now it has come to the point my bottom/bum cheeks feel numb & painful to touch also my legs all way […]
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Easy Read Format. Many things happen as we age that makes a loss of bowel control more likely. Illness, injury, changes in bowel habits and other factors affect the ability to stay in control. Loss of bowel control is surprisingly common. It happens to a lot of people. There are a number of ways to be helped. This pamphlet will help you understand what is wrong and what you can do about it.
Also available offline as a glossy color brochure (3.5″ x 8.5″). Contact IFFGD for details.
This publication is also available in Spanish.
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Most people learn of medical progress through the media. Yet this news is often unhelpful. Exaggerated cures, contradictions, and plainly misleading information can do harm. The problem is not science, but how journalists report it, and how the public interprets it. This essay aims to help readers make sense of health news. Reviewed 2009.
Continence—the ability to control when and where we go to the bathroom—is something most of us learn early in life and often take for granted. That is, until something goes wrong. The term incontinence refers to the loss of control. Bowel incontinence occurs when someone loses control over gas, liquid stool, or solid stool to […]
Clinical trials and or studies are an important way for us to learn more about GI Illnesses and help us find better treatment options. Participation in clinical studies or trials offers one way to help advance research into gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Here is a list of clinical studies, in adults and children, that are seeking […]
Share your experience of living with a digestive disorder – it can be therapeutic for you as well as others who suffer. View more stories or share your own. I have been suffering from heartburn, constipation, severe bloating and generally GI discomfort since my teenage years. I am now 33 and was finally diagnosed with […]
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Most people learn of medical progress through the media. Whether through short clips on radio or TV or detailed articles in the press, scarcely a day passes without a report of a health development, and how it might affect you. Yet this news is often unhelpful. Exaggerated cures, contradictions, and plainly misleading information can do […]