Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treated with Probiotics

 One of the most common syndrome would be "Irritable Bowel Syndrome". Specially, IBS have more on Women than Men on ages of 20s ~ 30s.

Most of IBS symptoms are intermittent, and non-life threatening, so most of people often not take seriously about this. However, if neglect IBS, it can cause other inflammation and make worsen over years causes inconvenience to daily life.

IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

- Stomachache / Abdominal Pain / Bellyache

Stomachache like symptoms are usually appears as cramping like symptom due to gastrointestinal spasms. Also you may feel sharp pain, heavy pain and gas bloating.

- Bowel Movement / Stool condition

Slowly have more often of diarrhea and constipation. Some people might feel that they only have constipation but most of cases have diarrhea in between constipation period.

Diarrhea in IBS is in form of small amount of watery stool.

- Other symptoms

Symptoms may also occur in other parts of body such as Chest pain, Nausea, Indigestion and vimting.

So, What cause IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Specific mechanism has not benn elucidated, but main studies conducted so far are as follows:

1.  Intestinal Dyskinesia

In general, Large intestine activities are increased after a meal, peaking after 30 minutes, and returning to fasting state within 50 minutes.

However, People with IBS, large intestine activities stays increased status after 50 minutes and keep increasing bowel activities.

2.  Hypersensitivity of Visceral 

Research shows that people with IBS have ingrown pain that is more widely distributed than normal people appears in abdominal area.

It is assumed that this caused by abnormalities in sensory receptors in intestinal tract and central nervous control system. 

3. Stress / Mental Health

Compare to general status, people with IBS have tend to have more frequently of anxiety or depression than people without IBS.

In fact, People with IBS have released in symptom after taking anxiety pills or antidepressant pills. 

Also, an interesting research shows that many of IBS patients have experience of physical or sexual abuse. 

What are treatment for IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

1. Medication

Taking medication could control acute abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea. However, when medication is used frequently and long period, may result no effect can be seen due to symptoms are already have tolerance.

In those chronic cases, symptoms could be released by taking antidepressant pills. But need to take it constantly rather than taking it intermittently.

2. Change Dietary Food

Taking 20g RDI (Recommended Daily Intake) of Dietary Fiber through beans, asparagus, broccoli and tomato is recommended. 

3. Taking Probiotics

Probiotics specially RGG probiotics, it is well known for effective on IBS.

RGG probiotics clinical trial statically shows that IBS-SSS (Severity Score System) significantly lowered score.

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RGG probiotics prevents epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by interferon gamma and fecal supernatan in Human gut and E. coli IBS patients, Gut Microbes. 2019

probiotics in functional gastrointestinal disorders. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2019

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