Alternative Medicine

  1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Alternative Medicine
photo of Cathy Wong

Alternative Medicine Blog

By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

Natural Remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Using Diet, Herbs, and Other Treatments

Wednesday December 31, 2003
Irritable Bowel syndrome is a gastrointestinal motility disorder for which there is no organic or structural cause. Since the symptoms of IBS can mimic other disorders such as hypothyroidism, IBS is diagnosed when all other local and systemic conditions have been ruled out. Characteristic symptoms of IBS include recurrent abdominal pain, abdominal pain relieved by defecation, disordered bowel habit, including constipation, diarrhea, or an alternation between the two, and abdominal distension and bloating.

IBS is also associated with non-gastrointestinal conditions such as headache, low back pain, arthritis, non-cardiac chest pain, difficult urination and fibromyalgia. Learn more about natural remedies for IBS.

Comments

August 1, 2007 at 11:14 am
(1) Lisa says:

This article reads like my medical record. I have IBS, Hypothyroidism, constant headaches, abdominal pain, arthritis and fibromyalgia.

April 26, 2008 at 12:47 pm
(2) Sue says:

My husband has tried a product called RELIV. It is a nutritional drink and has brought him absolutely incredible results. We loved the product so much we have become distributors. We were very skeptical - but we both are feeling so much better. Let me know if you want to know more.

Leave a Comment

Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>

Discuss

Community Forum

Explore Alternative Medicine

About.com Special Features

Do I Have Allergies?

Are your symptoms merely irritating, or could they be a sign of allergies? More >

Preventing Headaches

The best way to treat a headache is to prevent it. Learn how. More >

Alternative Medicine

  1. Home
  2. Health
  3. Alternative Medicine

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.