Irritable Bowel
- 1 in 5
- Young adults /teenagers
- Symptoms- Pain/ bloating/ frequency
What leads to irritable bowel?
- Overactivity of nerves- stress
- Intolerance to foods
What should you do?
- See your GP!
- Exclude sinister cause-Cancer/ colitis/ coeliac
Treatment
- Food products- Caffeine rich drinks/ dairy products/ wheat
- Avoid Alcohol/ Smoking
- Regular exercise
- Lifestyle diary
- If constipated- 2 litres of fluids/ fibre
- Diarrhoea-loperamide
* Please see power point presentation/ weblink on the links section on irritable bowel syndrome
Weblink: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/irritable-bowel-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx