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Stephen Jr. Wangen. The Irritable Bowel Syndrome Solution
PART ONE - The IBS Challenge
CHAPTER ONE - It's Not a Laughing Matter
Jennifer
Carl
Linda
It's IBS
CHAPTER TWO - You Are Not Alone. IBS: More common than you’d think
IBS costs money
Who gets IBS? Culture and gender
Age of onset
Common, but not normal
CHAPTER THREE - Your Miraculous Digestive Tube. What is normal, anyhow?
An overview of a healthy system
Digestion in more detail
The ecosystem within us
The role of the immune system
Elimination
Diarrhea
Constipation
Gas and Bloating
CHAPTER FOUR - What's in a Name? What does an IBS diagnosis mean?
Feeling bad: The IBS experience
Plenty of unlikely causes
Labs, scans, scopes, and other fun stuff
IBS: Doctors know what it isn't
CHAPTER FIVE - Treating the Symptoms, Ignoring the Cause. Relieving symptoms
Dietary changes and fiber
Elimination diets
Fiber
Supplements and digestive aids
The bottom line about diet
Stress reduction
Medication
IBS-specific drugs (Zelnorm, Lotronex, and Calmactin)
Laxatives for constipation (includes Milk of Magnesia, Ex-Lax, Perdiem, and MiraLax)
Drugs for diarrhea (includes Imodium and Lomotil)
Antispasmodics for pain (includes Donnatal, Levsin, Levbid, NuLev, Bentyl, and Pro-Banthine)
Antidepressants for pain (includes Prozac, Celexa, Zoloft, Paxil, and Elavil)
Narcotic analgesics for pain (includes Vicodin, Demerol, and Xanax)
More trouble than help
Ignoring the causes
PART TWO - The IBS Solution
CHAPTER SIX - Is It Food or Is It Toxic? Food allergies: A true cause of IBS
Who, me?
Allergy versus intolerance
Allergy
Intolerance
IgE and IgG: Two important allergic reactions
Skin testing versus blood testing
Why do people have food allergies?
Those sneaky foods
The top ten
Dairy
Gluten
The good news
CHAPTER SEVEN - Bugs: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Whose body is it?
The good guys
The bad and the ugly
Parasites
Good guys to the rescue
CHAPTER EIGHT - Stop Guessing! Find out what's really wrong with you
Food allergy testing
Bacteria, yeast, and parasite testing
CHAPTER NINE - Free at Last. Once the lab work is in
Treatment plans for food allergies
Treatment plans for bacterial imbalances, yeast, and parasites
Treating bad bacteria
Probiotics: Adding the good bacteria
The IBS Treatment Center
Life without IBS
CHAPTER 10 - Feeling Good. The rest of the story
Jennifer
Carl
Linda
The end of IBS
APPENDICES. APPENDIX A: Symptoms Commonly Caused by Food Allergies
APPENDIX B: Foods Included in the ELISA Food Allergy Profile. Dairy
Grains
Nuts
Legumes
Meat and Fowl
Seafood
Vegetables
Fruits
Miscellaneous
APPENDIX C: Sample Test Results from the ELISA Food Allergy Panel
APPENDIX D: Sample Test Results from Comprehensive Bacteria and Yeast Panel
APPENDIX E: IBS Treatment Center Principles and Philosophy
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