Archive for the Gastrointestinal Category

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME: WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SUFFERERS?

The short answer is that living in the twentieth century has become a health hazard. People who don’t want to accept this often declare we have become a society of malingerers or that the root causes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are all psychosomatic. It cannot be denied that nervous tension is often part of the [...]


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WHAT CAUSES THE IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME?

Anything which depresses the immune system, the body’s defence against disease and foreign proteins, or anything which disturbs the balance of the gut flora allowing the ‘bad’ bacteria to take over can cause IBS. This could be: When we are physically run down: After infections, particularly bowel infections; after surgery; after childbirth; living with chronic [...]


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