Hello Anonymous
First, your English is great! So don't worry about that.
Irritable bowel syndrome is often associated with anxiety issues. There are a few things you can do on your own that may help. Sometimes a few dietary changes improve the symptoms a bit: Increase your fiber intake, meaning more fruits and vegetables, and decrease your fat intake, such as fried food, and dairy products that are not non-fat, and stay away from caffeine because that stimulates and sometimes irritates your gut. Exercise can help as well. Peristalsis, which is what it is called when your intestines move things through, is stimulated by exercise. So even if you do more walking, it will help things move at a more steady rate rather than in fits and starts. Sometimes eating more small regular meals rather than 1 or 2 big meals in a day can help, too. Again, it keeps things moving more steadily.
Stress and anxiety have a strong impact on every part of your body. If you can find something that helps you lower stress, especially with everything you are going through, it will help you feel better in every way. Yoga, biking, dancing, walking or some other kind of exercise that you enjoy will help lower your stress level as well as helping the IBS.
I have a couple of resources on irritable bowel for you: https://www.empowher.com/condition/irritable-bowel-syndrome/definition, http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs_ez/
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Hello Anonymous
First, your English is great! So don't worry about that.
Irritable bowel syndrome is often associated with anxiety issues. There are a few things you can do on your own that may help. Sometimes a few dietary changes improve the symptoms a bit: Increase your fiber intake, meaning more fruits and vegetables, and decrease your fat intake, such as fried food, and dairy products that are not non-fat, and stay away from caffeine because that stimulates and sometimes irritates your gut. Exercise can help as well. Peristalsis, which is what it is called when your intestines move things through, is stimulated by exercise. So even if you do more walking, it will help things move at a more steady rate rather than in fits and starts. Sometimes eating more small regular meals rather than 1 or 2 big meals in a day can help, too. Again, it keeps things moving more steadily.
Stress and anxiety have a strong impact on every part of your body. If you can find something that helps you lower stress, especially with everything you are going through, it will help you feel better in every way. Yoga, biking, dancing, walking or some other kind of exercise that you enjoy will help lower your stress level as well as helping the IBS.
I have a couple of resources on irritable bowel for you: https://www.empowher.com/condition/irritable-bowel-syndrome/definition, http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs_ez/
Good luck and thank you for writing.
May 7, 2010 - 6:50amThis Comment
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