Hello guys. I have been suffering from IBS since three years. Firstly, I couldn’t notice my bowel movements when I was infected by Jaundice after diagnosing it. I felt internal change. I took a lot of medicines and had too much medical test and all was fine. My doctor said, I am infected by IBS […]
Back in the late 60s I was having UTI infections that required antibiotics, no one was talking about Candida or other Intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the Gut. I never got a good explanation of why these infections kept getting worse. Later I took a test for Hypoglycemia and added that to my list, Then I […]
I worked in daycare centers for many years and I believe this is where I contracted Blastocysistis Hominis infection which is a parasite. However, my GP insisted for over a decade, that I had IBS. A special request has to be made for the test for Blasto and after researching the internet I concluded […]
I have post infections ibs (diarrhea) since 2004. My pain and symptoms improve on 2006 due to amitriptyline (50mg a day), a tricyclic antidepressant. My conditions get worse about a year ago. I think amitriptyline was not working anymore. My doctor prescribed antibiotic to reduce gas problems and it work, but I still had to […]
At first I tought I had a simple stomach infection, after 5 days passed I went to the gastroenterologist and he gave me a course of antibiotics, anti-parasyte, Pepto and some expensive probioatics. After the course completed I was exactly as i started, but now super anxious because more than 1 week had passed […]
[…] examples are: Family history of chronic GI illness including cancer, Celiac, or IBD Sick contacts (e.g. family, friends, or co-workers) with recent intestinal illness Recent Travel: An infection may be suspected if you have recently traveled, had contact with others who are sick, or were possibly exposed to polluted water or food. Travel to […]
[…] (IBS-D) or with mixed bowel habits (IBS-M) in adults. They do this by testing for certain antibodies thought to be related to IBS developed after a GI infection (post-infectious IBS). Some research studies have shown that patients with IBS-D or IBS-M have high positivity rates of these antibodies when compared with healthy patients. However, […]
[…] (IBS-D) or with mixed bowel habits (IBS-M) in adults. They do this by testing for certain antibodies thought to be related to IBS developed after a GI infection (postinfectious IBS). Some research studies have showed that patients with IBS-D or IBS-M have high positivity rates of these antibodies when compared with healthy patients. However, […]
[…] One common cause of IBS is infectious gastroenteritis, also known as food poisoning. This subtype of IBS is called post-infectious IBS (PI-IBS). In PI-IBS, even though the infection has resolved, patients continue to experience gastrointestinal symptoms. Interestingly, a change in bowel habits after an incident of food poisoning was first described among returning World […]
[…] with TPN and a central line is that although it gives the nutrition needed to survive, it can cause the liver to fail and/or life threatening blood infections, metabolic bone disease and anemia. Incredibly, we found a pediatric GI motility expert (one of a handful in the country) about 2 hours away in Kansas […]
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