Last updated 16 August, 2010 Hypnotherapy in Hinckley.. Hypnotherapy in Nuneaton. Hypnotherapy in Leicestershire. Hypnotherapy in Warwickshire
Ann Finnemore MAEd HPD MNCH MISMA
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
News stories about the use of Hypnotherapy for IBS
Read about the effectiveness of hypnotherapy for treating IBS in the following news items:
“Hypnotherapy ‘can help’ Irritable Bowel Syndrome” : BBC News
“Hypnosis can Ease Bowel Illness” : BBC News
“Imagine Your Gut as a River...” : BBC News
“Hypnotherapy Works for Bowel Pain” : BBC News
“Hypnotherapy Changed My Life” : BBC News
”Can Hypnotherapy Beat IBS?” : Mail Online
IBS is a common complaint which 1 in 5 people in the UK suffer at some point in their life. Anyone can suffer from it, although it most commonly begins in the teenage and early adult years and is twice as likely in women than men. For many sufferers it has a profound impact on their daily lives.
The symptoms can be variable and include:
• intermittent abdominal pain (colic/spasms) • bloating • urgency to go to the toilet (especially in the morning) • feeling that bowels have not completely emptied after going to the toilet • constipation or diarrhoea (or switching between both) • nausea • tiredness • backache • poor appetite • belching • heartburn.
Triggers of IBS
The cause of IBS is not known. BS affects the colon (otherwise know as the bowel or large intestine). It is what is known as a functional disease because it affects the function of the colon, causing symptoms, but produces no visible damage to it. The gut itself looks normal – even under a microscope. This is one of the reasons that it can be difficult to diagnose. It is important, however, that you get a diagnosis from your doctor before arranging for hypnotherapy treatment.
Although the cause of IBS is unknown, there are a number of things which can make the symptoms worse. These triggers differ between individuals in the extent of their effects, with not all sufferers affected by all triggers. The most common triggers are:
• anxiety/stress • large meals • fatty foods • milk and milk products
• low fibre diets • caffeine • fizzy drinks • alcohol.
Self-
There are some things you can do to help yourself:
1. Keep a food diary – note everything you eat and drink each day and a note of your IBS symptoms each day. This will help you identify any particular trigger foods.
2. Learn to manage your stress and anxiety levels. There are some simple techniques
that can help you to do this such as Abdominal Breathing. You could also use hypnotherapy
and learn self-
3. At small meals. Little and often is often kinder to the gut than eating large meals less frequently.
4. Avoid the foods known to be triggers for IBS, such as those listed above.
5. Some foods help: apples, peaches, raw broccoli, raw carrots, cabbage, kidney beans, lima beans, wholegrain bread and wholegrain cereals. Remember though, that any new food should be introduced gradually .
Find out more from Patient UK: www.patient.co.uk/health/irritable-
