Hypnotherapy Eases Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Symptoms,
Expert Says

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In a Frontline Gastroenterology podcast, experts reveal that hypnotherapy seems to be very effective for easing the distressing symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and in a good proportion of cases, clears up symptoms altogether.

Symptoms may be alleviated by excluding certain food items, but usually only for a while, says Professor Roland Valori, editor of Frontline Gastroenterology. That's because dietary measures aren’t tackling an overly sensitized gut – the root cause of the symptoms. And hypnotherapy, he says, is one of the best ways to do that.

The experience of using hypnotherapy in the first 100 IBS patients treated with it showed Professor Valori that significant improvements in symptoms were seen in nine out of 10. In four out of 10, symptoms were stopped altogether, while the remainder said they felt more in control of their symptoms. "To be frank, I have never looked back," he says.

Another option which can be very effective for patients is probiotics, says Professor Quigley of the University of Cork, Ireland, and past president of the World Gastroenterology Organization.

Probiotic products need to contain the specific live strain and species of bacteria they claim to contain; maintain viability throughout their shelf-life; and be backed up by good quality clinical trial evidence, he says. But given the current regulations for food products making medicinal claims, patients are not really in a position to know which ones might work best.

While anxiety and depression worsen IBS symptoms, Professor Quigley says not all patients with IBS will be anxious and depressed. Nonetheless, it is important to take into account the way in which the brain and gut can interact to increase the severity and impact of symptoms.

Doctors have made IBS something of a “wastebasket diagnosis,” when they couldn't find any other cause for the symptoms, he says. But it’s "extremely important" to recognize that IBS is a constellation of symptoms in its own right.

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Source: ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2010)