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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Digestive tract apply to IBS: avoid foods that trigger your symptoms, manage your stress, exercise, get plenty of sleep, and stay hydrated. Additional treatment can include dietary changes and medications. Speak with your doctor about what's an appropriate treatment for you:[12]Sometimes it helps to eliminate foods that cause gas: carbonated beverages and raw fruits and veggies are the worst. Talk to your doctor about this first, because a healthy diet usually contains plenty of vegetables and fruits.Try a gluten-free diet and see if that helps your symptoms.Avoid fructose (fruit sugars), lactose (milk sugar found in dairy), and FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, and polyols).[13]Consult a nutritionist for details about how to avoid foods containing FODMAPs.[14] Generally, minimize eating high-FODMAP foods like: onions (and leeks, chives, and onion-like vegetables); garlic; processed meats; products containing wheat; honey and corn-syrup; apples; watermelon; snap peas; artichoke; and baked beans.Discuss medications with your doctor. People may benefit from fiber supplements, antibiotics, anti-diarrheals, or anti-spasmodics. It depends on your symptoms and what is causing them.For severe symptoms, consider an IBS-specific medication like Alosetron (Lotronex) or Lubiprostone (Amitiza). Which you use depends on your symptoms. Work with your stomach doctor to control your symptoms and try to attain remission. Treatment usually involves medications, and sometimes surgery. First, work with your doctor to try anti-inflammatory drugs like sulfasalazine (Azulfidine), mesalamine (Asacol, Delzicol, and others), or a corticosteroid like prednisone. From there, you can try other treatments or a combination of treatment methods:[15]Immune suppressing medications can help significantly decrease the inflammation that causes symptoms of Crohn's. These medications have unpleasant side effects, however, so risk must be weighed against the possible benefit.Antibiotics like Flagyl and Cipro will help if you have fistulas or abscesses.Other supplementary medications can be used to treat other symptoms, like anti-diarrheals, pain relievers, iron supplements
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