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FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

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Just show your own IBS Network Can’t Wait Card in and stores to request access to a toilet when you need it. Can't wait cards are available free to members and can be bought for £5 from The IBS Network. A number of factors — including a poor diet, physical inactivity and some medications — can disrupt normal bowel function and cause constipation. Many safe, effective over-the-counter laxatives are available to treat occasional constipation in a variety of ways. People who have IBS may focus solely on eating foods that won't make their IBS any worse. What gets overlooked is a focus on what foods might actually help to make their IBS better. Unfortunately, there is really very little research as to the role of specific foods that can be of help for IBS.   Therefore the foods in this slideshow were. With symptoms that include bloating, gas, constipation and diarrhea, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) may seem tough to differentiate from the occasional gastrointestinal (GI) issues that seem to.

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IBS is a functional disorder of the colon (large intestine) that causes crampy abdominal pain, bloating, constipation and/or diarrhea. IBS is not the occasional bout of diarrhea that resolves on its own which most adults have about four times a year.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OCCASIONAL & CHRONIC CONSTIPATION

Sudden or short periods of difficult, infrequent, or incomplete bowel movements may be occasional constipation. Constipation symptoms that keep coming back or seem to last for a long time—more than 3 months—could indicate a medical condition known as chronic constipation.

WHAT COULD SMALL, HARD STOOLS MEAN?

The Bristol Stool Form Scale makes it easier to understand and talk about stools. The scale helps assess how long stools have been in the bowel by assigning them a number based on their size, shape, and consistency.

Type 1 stools have spent the most time in the bowel; type 7 have spent the least. Stools resembling types 1-2 may indicate constipation, types 3-5 are typically considered normal bowel movements, and types 6-7 could mean diarrhea.

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YOUR CONSTIPATION COULD BE CHRONIC, NOT OCCASIONAL

Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation (IBS-C) and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC) are types of chronic constipation. “Idiopathic” means the cause is unknown.

SYMPTOMSOF IBS-C

CONSTIPATION

• Lumpy or hard stools
• Incomplete bowel movements
• Fewer than 3 bowel movements a week

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ABDOMINAL SYMPTOMS

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• Abdominal (belly) pain
• Discomfort
• Bloating

WHAT IS IBS-C

SYMPTOMSOF CIC

CONSTIPATION

• Lumpy or hard stools
• Incomplete bowel movements
• Fewer than 3 bowel movements a week

WHAT IS CIC

LINZESS IS FOR ADULTS WITH IBS-C OR CIC

LINZESS is a prescription treatment that helps relieve belly pain as well as overall abdominal symptoms, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass.

“LINZESS is a
once-daily capsule that helps adults proactively manage their symptoms.”

Dr. Susan Lucak,Doctor. Susan Lucak,
Gastroenterologist

Is nausea a symptom of IBS?

So much of the information about IBS talks about the symptoms of diarrhea and constipation, but I was diagnosed with IBS several years ago and I also frequently experience nausea. Is nausea a symptom in IBS? Is there a way to treat it?

Answer – Nausea is a common symptom reported by patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). In one of our studies conducted at UCLA, we found that about 4 out of 10 women (38%) with IBS and nearly 3 out of 10 men (27%) with IBS report nausea. Nausea may be due to several causes. It is a symptom reported in conditions which frequently overlap with IBS. These include coexistent functional dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and migraine headaches. Other symptoms of functional dyspepsia include pain or fullness in the upper middle section of the abdomen that can occur after meals, bloating, and feeling full earlier than usual. GERD is a common condition where affected individuals report heartburn (burning sensation in the upper abdomen that may radiate to the chest), or indigestion. Nausea may also be due to side effects of medications.

The likely cause of the nausea needs to be assessed in order to determine the best management approach. This can be accomplished by discussing your symptoms with your physician. For example, GERD can be treated with diet and lifestyle modifications, and with acid-suppressing medications. There are many effective treatment interventions for migraine headaches. There are also various treatments which can be considered for functional dyspepsia. In addition, individuals with nausea can also be treated in general with anti-nausea medications such as prochlorperazine (e.g., Compazine, Compro).

Contributer

Lin Chang, MD, Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, and Vice-Chief of the Vatche and Tamar Manounkian Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Published in Digestive Health Matters, Vol. 17, No. 1.