Maureen’s Personal Story: Blastocystis Hominis and IBS I worked in daycare centers for many years and I believe this is where I contracted Blastocystis 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 […]
Joan’s Personal Story: Decades of Digestive Struggles, From Constipation to Suspected SIBO 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 […]
Abrar’s Personal Story: IBS 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 […]
Roberto’s Personal Story: “IBS can be triggered by stress but IBS “attacks” also give us stress” 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-parasite, Pepto and some expensive probioatics. After the course was completed […]
[…] 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 […]
[…] IBS will no longer have symptoms. It has been established that each year about 10% of IBS patients get better. Persons with IBS that starts after an infection in their digestive system, such as traveler’s diarrhea or food poisoning are more likely to get better over time than persons with IBS that is not related to […]
[…] patient has, the more severe their IBS is likely to be. The reasons for this are not fully understood but may be related to genetics, inflammation, or infection in the body. Comorbidities that are common in IBS can be divided into 3 areas. They include conditions that affect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (the mouth […]
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