IBS

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a very common condition that affects the digestive system. It is also known as irritable colon. It is different from Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). IBS occurs with a group of symptoms happening together. The severity or duration of IBS varies from one to one, but it can last longer as three (03) months.

Symptoms:

Stomach Cramp-Bloating & Gas-Abdominal Pain-Diarrhea-Constipation- Bowel urgency after eating.

Cause, Diagnostics & Treatment:

IBS is usually a lifelong complicacy. One can find it very embarrassing to live with, leaving a big impact in lifestyle. The ultimate cause is unknown, but a family historywith an unhealthy gutis thought to be the main factor behind it. There’s no cure for IBS, only a healthy diet and certain medications can help to control it.

Role of Probiotics in treating IBS:

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal problems.IBS is characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort, which is relieved by defecation or the passage of gas, and is associated with changes in stool frequency and/or consistency, without physical, radiological or endoscopic abnormalities or laboratory findings indicating organic disease.

Probiotic strains have numerous positive effects in the gastrointestinal tract. The beneficial effects of probiotics in IBS could be explained by increasing the mass of beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract, decreasing bacterial overgrowth in the small bowel and reversing the imbalance between the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Probiotics can also reinforce the intestinal mucosal barrier and normalize the motility of the digestive tract and its visceral sensitivity.

Probiotics have been proposed to improve symptoms by:

  • Inhibiting the growth of disease-causing bacteria
  • Enhancing the immune system’s barrier functions
  • Helping fight inflammation
  • Slowing down bowel movements
  • Reducing gas production by balancing the gut flora
  • Reducing the gut’s sensitivity to gas buildup