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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Learning Center
Treatments could include:
- Dietary Modification
- Counseling
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Lifestyle changes can be helpful in some cases of IBS. For example, regular exercise and improved sleep habits may reduce anxiety and help relieve bowel symptoms.
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Dietary changes and sometimes medications are considered the keys to successful treatment. Psychosocial difficulties are also addressed and treated with therapy or counseling as needed. Treatment requires a long-term commitment; six months or more...
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Dietary changes, sometimes supplemented by drugs or psychotherapy, are considered the key to successful treatment. The following approach, offered by Dalton and Drossman, is typical of the advice found in the medical literature on IBS. The authors...
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Dietary adjustments are critical to controlling IBS. For some patients, a high-fiber diet including whole grain breads and cereals, dried and fresh fruits, spinach, and oat bran can reduce digestive system irritation. For others, a high-fiber diet...
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Dietary counseling provides individualizing nutritional care for encouraging modification of eating habits. It may also assist in prevention or treatment of nutrition-related illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer , obesity , diabetes, a...
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The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are nutrient intake levels that meet the needs of most healthy Americans. They were originally developed by the National Academy of Sciences, and were based on nutrient levels that would prevent nutrient d...
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Counseling in the public health setting can be a challenging, frustrating, and rewarding process: challenging because it requires the use of skills such as assessment, treatment planning, counseling methodology, and referral; frustrating due to hi...
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Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) involves the replacement of fluids and electrolytes lost during an episode of diarrheal illness. Diarrheal illnesses are pervasive worldwide, and they have a particularly large impact in the developing world. Childre...
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