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Irritable Bowel SyndromeFood intolerance as a cause of irritable bowel syndromeAuthor: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Twenty-one patients with irritable bowel syndrome followed a strict elimination diet, consisting of a single meat, a single fruit, and distilled or spring water, for one week. Symptoms disappeared in 14 of the 21 patients. Subsequently, individual food challenges identified the following symptom-evoking foods (number of cases in parentheses): wheat (9), corn (5), dairy products (4), coffee (4), tea (3), citrus fruits (2). Jejunal biopsies were normal in all nine cases of wheat intolerance, indicating the patients did not have celiac disease. Six patients underwent food challenges in double-blind fashion through a nasogastric tube; the food intolerance was confirmed in each case. Changes in plasma levels of histamine, immune complexes, and eosinophils were similar after challenge with offending foods and control foods, indicating that these food intolerances were probably not immunologically mediated. In contrast, rectal prostaglandin E2 levels increased significantly after challenge with symptom-evoking foods, but only among patients whose gastrointestinal symptoms included diarrhea. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
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Human beings need relationships. Your relationships, past, present, personal or professional, represent a major source of stress in your life. Chronic stress causes breakdown of your immune system. This leads to many emotional and physical disorders including heart disease, fibromyalgia, cancer, ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, and depression. You can manage your stress many ways. Stress management strategies include deep breathing, relaxation exercises, physical exercise, meditation, an ... Author: Pat Swan, MS, Life and Relationship Coach CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Q For a few years now I have had to deal with abdominal pain, gas, bloating, diarrhea and/or constipation. I'm 45 years old, and I've had this condition for the past two years. I really don't know if certain foods aggravate the condition because the discomfort just seems to occur without warning. What could be my problem? A.W., Phoenix A Abdominal problems could result because of a variety of reasons, but your description appears to indicate irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which is a ch ... IBS in the News
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