What Causes A Bloated Stomach?
I have found in my research that a bloated stomach can result from a variety of symptoms that can range from minor to major medical conditions. I’ll list them in order of medical severity: 1. How...
View ArticleHow Can I Treat My Bloated Stomach?
Stomach bloating can range from the mild discomfort of trapped intestinal gas, to an obviously bulging or distended abdomen. It is one of the most common symptoms of IBS and often the most difficult to...
View ArticleHow Can I Have a Bloated Stomach AND Diarrhea?
I know that diarrhea is not the most pleasant topic for a post, but since it’s a common symptom for IBS sufferers (as well as the second most common reported illness in the USA), it’s worth discussing...
View ArticleHow Can I Have a Bloated Stomach AND Constipation?
Many IBS sufferers would argue that the discomfort from constipation comes a close second to the discomfort of a bloated stomach. Constipation can mean different things to different people. For many,...
View ArticleCould My Bloated Stomach Be A Symptom of IBD?
One common concern for sufferers of IBS is that they might actually have a much worse condition called IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Is there a difference? Is one more severe than the other? First,...
View ArticleWhat Is Resveratrol?
Resveratrol is a phytoalexin. If you don’t have a chemistry or medical degree, or that term prompts a response of “a phyto – what?”, don’t panic! We’ll keep the rest of this post in layman’s terms. In...
View ArticleExcessive Gas: When Does ‘Burping’ Become ‘Flatulence’?
While the expulsion or passing of gas has always had an element of social embarrassment and humor (the cowboys in Mel Brooks’ movie Blazing Saddles suffering around the campfire, or grandpa’s famous...
View ArticleSpastic Colon or IBS?
As a medical term, spastic is an adjective: ‘relating to or affected by muscle spasm’ – in this case spasms of the bowel muscles. The term ‘spastic colon’ is simply another name for Irritable Bowel...
View ArticleDigestive Enzymes and the Digestive Process
For the visual learners out there, here’s an informative video about the role digestive enzymes play in the digestive process: Related Posts:Excessive Gas: When Does ‘Burping’ Become…My Review of...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Welcome to IBSDangers.com
Hello – I’m Martha and I want to thank you for visiting my IBS Dangers site. As a frequent sufferer of stomach bloating and cramps myself, I started this blog to try and help clear up all the...
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