Making sense of IBS
Lacy, Brian E.
Making sense of IBS a physician answers your questions about irritable bowel syndrome / [electronic resource] : Making sense of irritable bowel syndrome Brian E. Lacy. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - xii, 305 p. : ill. - A Johns Hopkins Press health book . - Johns Hopkins Press health book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-293) and index.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome : who, what, and why? Why me? why now? -- What is IBS? -- How common is IBS? -- What causes IBS? -- Diagnosing Irritable Bowel Syndrome. How is IBS diagnosed? -- IBS and other medical disorders -- The anatomy of normal digestion -- Diagnostic tests and what they mean -- What is my prognosis? -- Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Treatment basics -- Diet -- Treatments for constipation -- Treatments for diarrhea -- Medications for pain, bloating, and overall symptoms -- Complementary and alternative medicines -- Psychological, hypnotherapeutic, and psychiatric therapies -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Other issues. IBS and children -- What does the future hold? -- Patient resources.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Irritable colon.
Electronic books.
RC862.I77 / L33 2006eb
616.3/42
Making sense of IBS a physician answers your questions about irritable bowel syndrome / [electronic resource] : Making sense of irritable bowel syndrome Brian E. Lacy. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. - xii, 305 p. : ill. - A Johns Hopkins Press health book . - Johns Hopkins Press health book. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-293) and index.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome : who, what, and why? Why me? why now? -- What is IBS? -- How common is IBS? -- What causes IBS? -- Diagnosing Irritable Bowel Syndrome. How is IBS diagnosed? -- IBS and other medical disorders -- The anatomy of normal digestion -- Diagnostic tests and what they mean -- What is my prognosis? -- Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Treatment basics -- Diet -- Treatments for constipation -- Treatments for diarrhea -- Medications for pain, bloating, and overall symptoms -- Complementary and alternative medicines -- Psychological, hypnotherapeutic, and psychiatric therapies -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Other issues. IBS and children -- What does the future hold? -- Patient resources.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Irritable colon.
Electronic books.
RC862.I77 / L33 2006eb
616.3/42