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Cover

Title Page

Excerpt

Foreword

How I Came to Write This Book

Introduction

SECTION 1

Having trouble with your guts?

What it means and what you can do about it

CHAPTER 1

A quick anatomy lesson

CHAPTER 2

Common symptoms

Constipation

Diarrhoea

Nausea

Bleeding

Mucus

Abdominal pain

Pain in the back passage

Wind and bloating

Urgency, frequency and incomplete evacuation

Itchy bottom

CHAPTER 3

How to get the best from your doctor

CHAPTER 4

Investigating the problems – a look at tests, scans and ’scopes

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

Talting antibiotics

(Over)use of aspirin

Prescription and non-prescription drugs

CHAPTER 6

How diet and nutritional problems affect the digestive system

Chronic dehydration

Caffeine

Fibre

Strongly coloured foods and ‘false’ bleeding

Inadequate nutrition through malabsorption

Food allergy and intolerance

Lactose intolerance (hypolactasia)

Coeliac disease

CHAPTER 7

How problems of the reproductive system can affect your guts

Period pains

Constipation during 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)

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

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)

CHAPTER 13

Inflammatory bowel disorders (IBDs)

Ulcerative colitis (UC)

Crohn’s disease

The IBD detectives: looking at clues

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

Being Stitched Up: Abdominal Surgery

When things don’t quite go according to plan

Me and my bag

I’m a kangaroo! Living with an internal pouch

SECTION 3

The person behind the illness

CHAPTER 19

A look at depression

CHAPTER 20

Coping

Coping with flare-ups: living a normal life

Coping with strange reactions

Coping with a partner: sexuality and the passion killers

CHAPTER 21

The future for gut health

If I had a crystal ball …

Probiotics – bugging us back to health?

A resource tool – self-help and other associations, websites and further information

Index

Acknowledgements

Copyright

About the Publisher