Surprisingly, more than a billion inhabitants of our planet from time to time experience unpleasant sensations from excessive gas formation, abdominal pain, unstable stool. Such sensations are nothing but the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. They occur anywhere and almost at any time, bring anxiety and uncertainty into the lives of people of different ages.
Moreover, most often young women under the age of forty suffer from this ailment.
Causes
Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome are believed to result from malfunctioning of the nervous system. In other words, this ailment arises as a result of a psychosomatic disorder resulting from the constant suppression of negative emotional outbursts. Thus, constant traumatic situations and stress are the main causes of the occurrence of such an ailment as irritable bowel syndrome. Symptoms associated with digestive upset can also be caused by an infectious disease or poisoning. Some scientists believe that eating coffee, lentils, alcohol, dairy products, beans, chocolate, as well as changing the nature of nutrition is the starting point in the development of this pathology.
However, most often the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome occur against the background of nervous exhaustion caused by various traumatic situations (loss of a loved one, divorce, job loss). A genetic predisposition to this disease is not excluded.
Symptoms
Abdominal pain is most often quite intense. They do not have a clear localization, arising in different areas. In some cases, pain can cause only mild discomfort. However, as a rule, they intensify after eating. At night, pain does not bother. The next symptom is flatulence. During the day, bloating increases, reaching a maximum in the evening. For this pathology, a disorder of the stool is characteristic. Moreover, constipation can alternate with diarrhea. As a rule, the amount of emptying is from two to five times a day. After eating or during stressful situations, false desires often arise. Very often, patients are disturbed by concomitant symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: sensation of a coma in the throat, nausea, interruptions in the work of the heart, internal trembling, weakness, dry mouth.
People complain of
pain in the epigastric region, chest, right upper quadrant, joints, muscles.
Irritable bowel syndrome. Treatment
Testimonials of patients who underwent drug therapy argue that probiotics should be taken in conjunction with drug treatment. These are special supplements that include beneficial bacteria that improve bowel function and digestion. In addition, sedation should be prescribed by a doctor. It is very important to adhere to a special diet, excluding goose-forming and irritating foods.