600-Are You Getting Enough Potassium?
Did you know, for the average adult, the recommended daily intake of potassium rangesfrom 2,300 to 3,400 mg? Did you also know that many Americans fall short of this amount on a daily basis? This mineral is important in maintaining normal fluid and electrolyte balance, supporting cell integrity, and assisting nerve impulse transmission and muscle […]
601-Banana-Pineapple Green Smoothie
Smoothies can be an easy and delicious way to nourish your body with essential nutrients. Whether you’re enjoying a smoothie as a meal or a snack, there are endless options when it comes to ingredients and customizations.
562-Diet Changes for GERD
Treatment for GERD may include medications advised by your doctor and certain diet and lifestyle changes. Coming up with the appropriate diet and lifestyle changes involves discovering what works best for you. While no proven “GERD diet” exists, this article looks at foods to avoid and those that may help you ease or avoid symptoms.
147-Personal Daily Diary (IBS)
By keeping a detailed record of stool consistency, frequency, continence, pain, diet, medication, emotional status and exercise, a clearer understanding may start to emerge for you and/or your physician to determine the best treatment options available to you.
Use this Personal Daily Diary for 2–4 weeks to help you get the most out of your next doctor visit.
274 – Understanding and Managing Pain in IBS
Pain, by definition, is the dominant symptom experienced by patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The aim of this publication is to help those affected understand why and how pain in IBS occurs, and how it can be confidently managed.
561-Tips on Prevention and Management of Gastroparesis
There are lots of things that affect health and illness. Some you cannot control, but some you can. Beyond making healthy lifestyle choices, having gastroparesis will likely push you to always be looking for what does and does not help, hurt, and work best for you. Here are some things to keep in mind when dealing with gastroparesis
835-Research into Treatment-Resistant Constipation in Children
Constipation and fecal soiling in children and teenagers are major impediments to education.
828-Laxatives: A Parent’s Guide to the Successful Management of Constipation in Children
When a new baby is born, we assume that he or she will spend most of the first few months of life engaged in a small number of basic activities: sleeping, feeding, peeing, and pooping. The passage of waste is a basic function of all living organisms, which is so ingrained and routine that most of us do not even think twice about it. The inability to defecate in children is usually due either to a problem with formation of the anus or with the inability of the colon to push the stool from one end to the other (Hirschsprung’s disease and other motility disorders).
840-Bowel Problems in Adults After Surgical Treatment for Childhood Hirschsprung’s Disease
Hirschsprung’s disease is a rare illness that people are born with (congenital). It occurs annually in about 1 in 5,000 live births. In Hirschsprung’s disease there is a lack of nerve cells (ganglion cells) in segments of the intestinal tract located in the colon and/or rectum.
The treatment is surgery to remove the abnormal bowel segment and restore bowel continuity. Following surgical treatment, most children have a good outcome, but some have persistent bowel problems such as constipation, soiling, fecal incontinence, and inflammation in the colon (enterocolitis). These symptoms can impact the quality of life, which also needs to be addressed.
168-Current Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Pharmacologic treatments for IBS are usually aimed at improving the predominant IBS symptoms such as diarrhea, constipation, and abdominal pain. The most common classes of drugs currently used are laxatives, antidiarrheals, antispasmodics, antidepressants, and 5-HT modulators. A review of indications, methods of action, and side effects associated with commonly available agents used to treat IBS.
171 – Hypnosis Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
The standard medical methods currently used to treat irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are of some help to the majority of people with the disorder. However, up to half of IBS sufferers are dissatisfied with the results of standard medical management, and many continue to have frequent symptoms after seeing doctors about them. In recent years, other alternatives have been sought to help these individuals. There has been growing interest in the possibility of using the mind to soothe the symptoms of IBS. This article includes a description of hypnosis for IBS and how to select a hypnotherapist.
311-Biofeedback, Incontinence, and the Patient’s Perspective
From a presentation at a symposium on Treatment of Bowel, Bladder, and Pelvic Floor Disorders. Bowel or bladder incontinence is a 24 hour, seven day a week challenge. One never escapes it, for many it is even in our dreams. A personal account from the Founder of IFFGD.
