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Contents
ОглавлениеHaving trouble with your guts?
What it means and what you can do about it
Urgency, frequency and incomplete evacuation
How to get the best from your doctor
Investigating the problems – a look at tests, scans and ’scopes
How lifestyle can affect the digestive system
Prescription and non-prescription drugs
How diet and nutritional problems affect the digestive system
Strongly coloured foods and ‘false’ bleeding
Inadequate nutrition through malabsorption
Lactose intolerance (hypolactasia)
How problems of the reproductive system can affect your guts
The thyroid and its effect on the digestive system
Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
Overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism, Graves’ disease)
Infectious illnesses of the digestive tract
Protozoan parasitic infections: giardiasis, amoebiasis (amoebic dysentery) and cryptosporidiosis
Pains in the butt – haemorrhoids, fissures and others
Irritable bowel syndrome or (IBS)
Inflammatory bowel disorders (IBDs)
The IBD detectives: looking at clues
Other inflammatory gut conditions
Peptic ulcers (gastric and duodenal ulcers)
Intestinal obstruction or intestinal blockage
Colorectal (large bowel) cancer
Being Stitched Up: Abdominal Surgery
When things don’t quite go according to plan
I’m a kangaroo! Living with an internal pouch
Coping with flare-ups: living a normal life
Coping with a partner: sexuality and the passion killers
If I had a crystal ball …
Probiotics – bugging us back to health?
A resource tool – self-help and other associations, websites and further information
