Bowel

Is IBS a Disease Like Crohn's Disease or Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is a dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract. It's not a disease like Crohn's disease or inflammatory bowel disease. Symptoms vary…

Dietary changes, fiber, probiotics, and herbal medicine for the common complaint are reviewed by John D. McGuire and Philip A. Towers.Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, debilitating, multifactorial, functional gastrointestinal…

WHAT IS MASTOCYTIC ENTEROCOLITIS? Mastocytic enterocolitis (entero = small intestine, colitis-colon + -itis = inflammation) is a relatively new term for a subgroup of irritable bowel syndrome characterized by an increase in mast cells in…

The use of Chinese remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) draws on years of Oriental tradition of treating individual symptoms such as diarrhea, bloating and constipation, rather than viewing IBS as a single "all-encompassing"…

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition that affects many people and is quite debilitating, although mostly benign in nature. Common symptoms include abdominal pain, discomfort, cramps, bloating, and loose movements or…

A healthy gut is a must for a healthy body. Regular, light bowel movements (2-3 a day) is the optimum, stool that is soft and easy to pass. The longer the waste sits in the body, the harder it gets, leading to smelly sinkies and a sign…