Antibiotics Avoidable Trigger For Bowel Disease!

"Scientists at The University of Manchester have shown for the first time how antibiotics can predispose the gut to avoidable infections that trigger bowel disease in mice." Read more...

Antibiotics are 'avoidable trigger' for bowel disease. Medical Xpress.
October 25, 2018, University of Manchester

Review: Fibromyalgia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome are Associated with Abuse in Childhood or Adulthood!

"Häuser and colleagues found that sexual and physical abuse in both childhood and adulthood predicted greater odds of fibromyalgia (odds ratio point estimate range: 1.94–3.07). In their meta-analysis, Paras and colleagues found that rape survivors have especially high odds of fibromyalgia diagnosis (OR = 3.27). These risk factors are higher in fibromyalgia patients than those with rheumatoid arthritis, highlighting the specificity of the role of abuse and trauma in FM pathogenesis compared to a pain disorder with a known organic cause ."



Chronic Diffuse Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders After Traumatic Stress: Pathophysiology Through a Polyvagal Perspective. Frontiers in medicine, Vol. 5 (2018) by Jacek Kolacz, Stephen W. Porges. http://www.citeulike.org/user/kimberlykramer2015/article/14631678

Glutamine Supplement May Be Ideal Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome!

"Dietary glutamine supplementation may be a therapeutic option for treating patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) and increased intestinal permeability, researchers reported." Read more...

Oral Glutamine May Ease Post-Infection IBS-D. Supplement Restores Intestinal Permeability for Less Pain and Diarrhea. Diana Swift. August 23,2018. https://www.medpagetoday.com/gastroenterology/irritablebowelsyndrome/74717?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-08-24&eun=g1252332d0r&pos=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-08-24&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Linked to Abnormal Gut Bacteria!

Abnormal levels of specific gut bacteria are related to chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME/CFS, in patients with and without concurrent irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, scientists have discovered. Read more...

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. "Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to imbalanced microbiome: Scientists identify abnormal levels of specific gut bacteria in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome, including those with and without co-morbid IBS." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 26 April 2017. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170426092351.htm>.

Blood Test Can Diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome!

"Irritable bowel syndrome, the most common gastroenterological disorder in the US, can now be diagnosed with just two simple blood tests, enabling early diagnosis for millions of people affected by the disorder."

New blood test can quickly diagnose irritable bowel syndrome. Medical News Today. James McIntosh. May 20, 2015. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/294195.php

Brain Chemical Made in the Gut Linked to Emotion and Depression!

Serotonin is probably best known as a brain chemical that affects emotions and behavior, an imbalance of which is thought to contribute to depression. Less well-known is that scientists estimate 90% of serotonin is made in the gut, and imbalances in this peripheral serotonin have been linked to diseases ranging from irritable bowel syndrome and cardiovascular disease, to osteoporosis.

Gut microbes important for serotonin production. Medical News Today. Catharine Paddock, Ph.D. April 21, 2015. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/292693.php