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Stephanie Zinser. The Good Gut Guide: Help for IBS, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Diverticulitis, Food Allergies and Other Gut Problems
The. Good Gut. Guide
Stephanie Zinser
Contents
Excerpt
Foreword
How I Came to Write This Book
Introduction
SECTION 1. having trouble with your guts?
CHAPTER 1. A Quick Anatomy Lesson
The Mouth to the Oesophagus
The Stomach
The Small Intestine
The Large Intestine – the Colon, Rectum and Anus
CHAPTER 2. Common Symptoms
Constipation
How Do You Know If You’re Constipated?
What Helps Relieve Constipation?
Self-Help for Constipation
Laxatives – What Are They?
Diarrhoea
What Causes Diarrhoea?
How Should I Treat Diarrhoea?
When to Seek Help
Self-Help for Diarrhoea
Nausea
When to Seek Help
Self-Help for Nausea
Bleeding
How Can You Tell if You’re Bleeding?
What is Bleeding a Sign Of?
When to Seek Help
Self-Help for Bleeding
Mucus
What Can Mucus Be a Sign Of?
Self-Help for Excess Mucus
Abdominal Pain
An Important Word about Pain and Pregnancy
What Causes It?
When to Seek Help
Self-Help for Abdominal Pain
Pain in the Back Passage
Self-Help for Pain in the Back Passage
Wind and Bloating
Self-Help for Wind and Bloating
Urgency, Frequency and Incomplete Evacuation
What Causes These Problems?
Self-Help for Urgency, Frequency and Incomplete Evacuation
Itchy Bottom
Self-Help for an Itchy Bottom
CHAPTER 3. How to Get the Best from your Doctor. Overcoming Shyness
Picking the Right Words
For Children
Cultural and Other Differences
Summary
Go Prepared. Be Organized
Have an Agenda
Be Up-front
Checklist for Doctor’s Visit
Constipation:
Diarrhoea:
Bleeding:
Wind:
Pain:
Itching:
Mucus:
Nausea and vomiting:
Other questions:
CHAPTER 4. Investigating the Problems – a Look at Tests, Scans and ‘Scopes
Stool Tests
Breath Tests
Blood Tests
Scans
X-rays
Endoscopies
The Future of Diagnostic Tests
Diagnosis – or Is It? Finding the Cause
Summary
Trying Alternatives … And Getting your Doctor on your Side
SECTION 2. the medical possibilities
CHAPTER 5. How Lifestyle Can Affect the Digestive System
Drinking Too Much Alcohol
Stress
Athlete’s Diarrhoea
Changes in Routine
Ignoring the Urge to Go
Taking Antibiotics
(Over)use of Aspirin
Prescription and Non-prescription Drugs
CHAPTER 6. How Diet and Nutritional Problems Affect the Digestive System
Chronic Dehydration
Are You Dehydrated?
Caffeine
Fibre
Strongly Coloured Foods and ‘False’ Bleeding
Inadequate Nutrition through Malabsorption
Food Allergy and Intolerance
Cross-Reactivity – What Is It?
Lactose Intolerance
How to Get Enough Calcium on a Dairy-Free Diet
Coeliac Disease (Coeliac Sprue, ‘Wheat Allergy’ or Gluten Sensitivity)
Living a Gluten-Free Life. Key Tips
Don’t Eat
Do Eat
CHAPTER 7. How Problems of the Reproductive System Can Affect your Guts
Period Pains
Constipation during Pregnancy
An Important Note about Pregnancy
Chlamydia
Endometriosis
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Cancer
Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
CHAPTER 8. The Thyroid and its Effect on the Digestive System
Underactive Thyroid (Hypothyroidism or Myxoedema)
Overactive Thyroid (Hyperthyroidism, Graves’ Disease)
CHAPTER 9. Infectious Illnesses of the Digestive Tract
Bacterial Food Poisoning
Viral Gastroenteritis
Protozoan Parasitic Infections: Giardiasis, Amoebiasis (Amoebic Dysentery) and Cryptosporidiosis
Traveller’s Tips: Preventing Parasitic and Bacterial Infections
Parasitic Worm Infestations
Tropical Worm Infestations
Botulinum Poisoning
Typhoid/Paratyphoid
Cholera
CHAPTER 10. Adhesions and Hernias
Adhesions
Hernias
CHAPTER 11. Pains in the Butt – Haemorrhoids, Fissures and Others
Haemorrhoids (Piles)
Pruritus Ani
Anal Abscesses
Anal Fistulas
Anal Fissures
Rectal Prolapse
CHAPTER 12. Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS
Functional – What Do They Mean?
A Rose by Any Other Name
Diagnostic Hurdles
CHAPTER 13. Inflammatory Bowel Disorders (IBDs)
Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
What is a Low-Residue Diet?
Don’t Eat:
Do Eat:
Tips:
Crohn’s Disease
Treating Crohn’s Disease with Food
The IBD Detectives: Looking at Clues
MAP Bacteria
Genetic Factors
Sulphate-Reducing Bacteria (SRBs)
Smoking
The MMR Vaccination
CHAPTER 14. Other Inflammatory Gut Conditions
Gastritis
Peptic Ulcers (Gastric and Duodenal Ulcers)
Proctitis
Diverticular Disease
CHAPTER 15. Emergency Conditions
Appendicitis
Peritonitis
Intestinal Obstruction or Intestinal Blockage
CHAPTER 16. Cancers and Growths
Polyps
Colorectal (Large Bowel) Cancer
Stomach or Gastric Cancer
Anal Cancer
CHAPTER 17. Childhood Gut Problems
Threadworm (Pinworm)
Encopresis
Intussusception
CHAPTER 18. Hospitals, Surgery and More …
Hospitals
The Outpatient Visit
Inpatient Admission for Investigative Tests
Inpatient Admission for Treatment
Emergency Admissions
Tips for a Comfortable Hospital Stay
Being Stitched Up: Abdominal Surgery
What Normally Happens When You Have Surgery
Some Surgical Terms Explained
What Normally Happens after Abdominal Surgery?
When Things Don’t Quite Go According to Plan
Me and my Bag – Colostomies and Ileostomies
Can You Eat Normally?
What about Sex?
I’m a Kangaroo! Living with an Internal Pouch
How Are They Made?
How Do They Work?
SECTION 3. the person behind the illness
CHAPTER 19. A Look at Depression. When the bottom falls out of your world because the world is falling out of your bottom
You’ve Just Been Diagnosed …
What Can Cause Depression?
How Do You Recognize Depression?
Then Again, You May Not Have Depression …
How to Cope with Depression
CHAPTER 20. Coping. Coping with Flare-ups: Living a Normal Life
Become Two People
Should I Go on Holiday?
Plan for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Coping with Strange Reactions
Being in a Low-tolerance Zone
Finding Mutual Support
Coping with Ignorance
Coping with Rudeness and Unhelpfulness
Coping with a Partner: Sexuality and the Passion Killers
Summary
CHAPTER 21. The Future for Gut Health. If I Had a Crystal Ball …
Probiotics – Bugging Us Back to Health?
Does It Have What It Says on the Label?
Prebiotics
A Resource Tool – Self-Help and Other Associations, Websites and Further Information
General Digestive Associations
Food Allergies
Nutrition
Coeliac Disease
Diverticular Disease
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
Digestive Cancers
Ostomy Associations
Continence
Sexuality
Travel
Medicines and Medical Support
Government Agencies
Complementary Therapies
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
