IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

THE CAUSES

• Big meals
• Spicy foods
• High-fat foods
• Chocolate
• some diary products

HOW CAN IT BE PREVENTED?

• Progressive relaxation exercises
• Don't eat as many high-gas foods

SYMPTOMS

• stomachache
• constipation
• diarrhea

TREATMENTS

• Fiber supplements
• anti-diarrheal medications
• eliminating high-gas foods
• antidepressants
• antibiotics

It affects the large intestine. The large intestine absorbs water and nutrients from the food that enters. If this process is somehow interrupted the contents of the colon can't move along smoothly. It sort of stops and starts,doesn't move,or moves to fast.

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