What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

At least 58 million Americans have suffered IBS at some stage in their lives. They have cramp like abdominal pains, diarrhoea and/ constipation. These symptoms vary in individual IBS patients and also from day to day. President of the IBS Self Help and Support Group, Jeffrey Roberts, says, “IBS is an illness which seems to strike people down.”

 

IBS is a collection of symptoms that are present for 12 weeks in twelve month period. It is characterised by abdominal pain and must include at least two of the following three facts. The pain is relieved with bowel movement, and associated with a change in the frequency of bowel movement and appearance of the stools.

 

Certain foods and stress can trigger symptoms or cause a flare up of IBS. Experts are still uncertain as to what exactly IBS is or what causes it. What we knowat present is the Large Gut in IBS sufferers are more sensitive and, hormonal changes may be a trigger because 80% of IBS patients are women. There is higher incident in individuals who were physically or sexually abused as children and it can develop after a severe bout of gastroenteritis.

 

In IBS, there is no abnormality in the gut even though you have distressing symptoms such as abdominal pains, diarrhoea, constipation, bloating and rectal pain. If during investigation an abnormality is found, then the diagnosis in no longer IBS.

 

If you have symptoms of IBS, make sure you see your family physician for a diagnosis. Your family physician will do tests to exclude major ilness before a diagnosis of IBS is made. A diagnosis can be made using the Rome Criteria with minimal diagnostic test. However, if you have bleeding from the rectum, loss of appetite, weight loss, anaemia or symptoms developing after fifty years of age, you should see your doctor very soon because you will need addition investigation.

 

Some IBS sufferers think their illness is “All in the head.” This is far from the truth but the brain and symptom development are linked and there is a strong belief that Brain-Gut connection is very important. IBS and Serotonin are linked. Low blood levels are found in Constipation predominant IBS and high levels are present in Diarrhoea predominant IBS.

 

In Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the gut is normal, it is not a cancer and will not lead to cancer or other gastrointestinal disease and it is very common. It is estimated that 20% of the global population has or had IBS at some time in their lives.

 

To come to terms with IBS is difficult for patients especially when they are told no one knows the true cause, no single medication works for everyone and that there is no cure. Depending on the type of IBS you have, dietary changes, behavioural therapy, stress management and an increasing range of alternative treatments options are available.

 

A few IBS patients are unfortunate to have severe abdominal pains soon after eating certain foods. This may be because it is a large meal and in a sensitive gut triggers strong Gastro-colic reflex. This a very strong peristaltic contraction in response to stretching of the stomach. This can be very painful for a patient with IBS. You can reduce this by having smaller meals and eat frequently. It is important that you do not avoid foods. You need important nutrients to remain healthy.

Stress is a trigger for IBS symptoms. Relieve stress and your IBS will improve.

 

IBS and the Law of Attraction.

IBS affects as much as 20% of people in USA and Europe. Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are pains in the abdomen bloating and altered bowel pattern. In addition there can be rectal symptoms such as irritation and urgency. Sometimes non-colonic symptoms can develop.

Treatments of IBS fall into four categories. Patient education, medication, dietary modification and behavioural and psychological therapies are the four categories. Experts now agree that behaviour and psychological therapies provided better long term results.

You attract into your life whatever you think about according to the Law of Attraction. This generalisation in simple terms means that your thoughts determine your destiny. The Law of Attraction has built up an enormous momentum after “The Secrets”; a documentary film, was shown on Oprah. The Law of Attraction is used effectively for personal growth, financial success and achievements.

In medicine, does the Law of Attraction work? In 2004, a study of 196 young people and 314 elderly subjects associated with rumination and negative thoughts concluded that negative thoughts may be detrimental to health independently of effects. In Reikii, all processes of healing or personal and spiritual development is associated with elimnating from a person’s energy field negative KI or life forces, along with negative thoughts and feelings that have created it.

Job loss, relationship break ups etc may lead to negative thoughts and self esteem. These people can feel worthless, insignificant, unsure and easily defeated. A positive person usually have high self-esteem and their thoughts determine their level of success.

In Irritable Bowel Syndrome, does the Law of Attraction apply? When a person is first diagnosed with IBS, what information is delivered? There are some common ones. No one is quite sure why you have IBS. There is no single treatment that works for everyone. There is no abnormality in your gut. Stress can trigger IBS symptoms. A cure is not an option. You have to live with it. Most IBS sufferers complain that they do not get the support they need from health professionals.

Is it not likely these negative facts can affect the mind of IBS sufferers and produce negative effects? Recently experts are recommending treatment that focus on the mind for IBS treatment. Treatment such as psychotherapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) are producing excellent results. “Patients who have ongoing IBS symptoms might benefit from a simple, early intervention of CGT, a means of changing thought processes from negative to positive that has been shown to be helpful.” Said Moss-Morris at the University of Southampton Dr .J. Lackner at the State University of New York reported that there was an improvement in 73% of patients with IBS after four short sessions of CGT and home study manual given to patients.

When a new treatment come on the market, an IBS patient will expectantly try it and may gain benefits. This improvement is short lived because of the negative underbelly (There is no cure.) in the subconscious mind. Soon the benefits may wear off.

There are cases of refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients following gut directed hypnotherapy living normal lives, eating foods that were previously triggers. When IBS becomes refractory no treatment works. Negative thoughts are plucked out of the subconscious mind during hypnotherapy and replaced by positive ones. The Law of Attraction is at work here. After hypnotherapy, positive thoughts produce positive results and before hypnotherapy, ingrained negative thoughts make symptoms severe.

Using the Law of Attraction, how can you improve your symptoms of IBS? Focus on the positives. Make them your reality and eventually your thoughts and feelings. In IBS there are many positives. There is no abnormality in your gut. Your IBS will not lead on to other illnesses. Stress is a trigger. you can control stress. You can improve your IBS by getting a better balance in your life. You see yourself one day in total control of your IBS. Whatever IBS treatment you are on, keep your dreams and aspirations positive.

 

 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What is the best treatment?

Hypnotherapy is the best treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Although in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, there is no abnormality of the gut, it is very distressing to the individual who has it. It is the commonest gastrointestinal illness and affects as much as 20% of the global population. It is the most common condition seen by Gastroentologist. It is a heavy burden on Health Professionals and Health Providers. Industry loses billions every year from absenteeism and the sufferer can be in discomfort for many years.

There are numerous treatments available for Irritable Bowel Syndrome but the treatment that produces the best long term benefits is hypnotherapy. Although experts think hypnotherapy should be used in severe or refractory IBS, it should be offered to everyone with IBS

To understand why hypnotherapy is effective in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, you must understand how hypnotherapy actually works. During hypnotherapy, the hypnotist attempts to create a trance state. The main intention is to put the subject into Theta brainwave state. Awake and alert you are at Beta state.

When you are at Theta brainwave state, you are hyper-suggestible. In other words what ever the hypnotist says is likely to reach the Subconscious Mind because the filters that are likely to reject this information are relaxed. In addition in Theta state, the hypnotherapist has access to the reality generator of REM sleep. In the Theta state, visualisation becomes very very powerful. In the REM state, dreams occur and visualisation during REM sleep is no different from a dream. At the time it is very real. In REM state the brain cannot differentiate what is real or just imagination.

In the Theta state, post-hypnotic suggestions and visualisation is very real. In Theta state, the hypnotherapist can gradually replace all the layers of negative information and replace them with positive ones. The benefits only result after there is change in belief, perception and expectation of your IBS. If doubts creep into the mind of this IBS sufferer, relapse is likely. If the IBS sufferer believes the symptoms of IBS will return, it will.

As long as the subject continue to believe that he or she is in total control, the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome will stay away. All IBS patients should have hypnotherapy and the earlier the better. Well established sufferers have several layers of negative information in their mind and it will take longer to replace with positive info while newly diagnosed IBS patients will respond to only a few sessions because the hypnotherapist has less work to do. In refractory or severe IBS patients it could take more than 12 session of hypnotherapy and home self hypnosis to produce satisfactory results. In numerous cases, however, the results are outstanding.

The hypnotherapist take away negative messages and replace them with positive ones in the Mind of IBS sufferers. Does it not makes sense, therefore, to have hypnotherapy as soon as you can?

Get the best IBS treatment. See a gut directed hypnotherapist.