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Hypnotherapy in Bristol, London and Taunton for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

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Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

Have you got Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

This page explains the symptoms which may lead a doctor to a diagnosis of IBS.

If you have any upset in your bowel function, it is ESSENTIAL that you visit your GP. A diagnosis of IBS is made by eliminating other conditions, some of which are serious ones. While I take a careful history, neither I nor any other therapist will help a patient without a clear and definite diagnosis of IBS from your GP. I cannot emphasise too much, DO NOT SELF-DIAGNOSE that you have IBS.

That said, here are the so-called "Rome criteria" for a possible diagnosis of IBS.

If you do have IBS, then hypnotherapy is proved by research to have a good success rate in treating irritable bowel syndrome, even when numerous other treatments have failed.

You may have IBS if for any 12 weeks (not necessarily consecutive) in the previous 12 months, you had abdominal discomfort or pain that had two out of three of these features:

• Relieved with defecation; and/or
• Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool; and/or
• Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool.

Additional symptoms of IBS:

• A) Fewer than three bowel movements a week
• B) More than three bowel movements a day
• C) Hard or lumpy stools
• D) Loose (mushy) or watery stools
• E) Straining during a bowel movement
• F) Urgency (having to rush to have a bowel movement)
• G) Feeling of incomplete bowel movement
• H) Passing mucus (white material) during a bowel movement
• I) Abdominal fullness, bloating, or swelling

Red flag symptoms which are not typical of IBS:

• Pain that awakens/interferes with sleep
• Diarrhea that awakens/interferes with sleep
• Blood in the stool (visible or occult)
• Weight loss
• Fever
• Abnormal physical examination

Irritable bowel symptom can cripple a person's life. Professor Whorwell's outstanding research shows that with IBS, hypnosis can achieve highly effective symptom reduction. If you would like to explore taking control of your bowel action, give me a ring: 0845-3510604 / 0117-968-7307. I'm happy to answer questions or arrange, in Bristol or Taunton, a free, no-obligation half-hour initial meeting. My approach is friendly, respectful, and very effective.

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"While many doctors may still be a little suspicious of using hypnotherapy [to treat irritable bowel syndrome], patients have no such qualms.
"They are falling over themselves to have the therapy, particularly the younger ones.
Many are on antidepressants, because they have the effect of lessening pain sensations at low doses.
"But if you're 25 and you had the option of a long-term course of antidepressants or having hypnotherapy that will put you right, which would you choose?"

NHS consultant Dr Peter Whorwell on the use of hypnosis to treat IBS at Wythenshaw Hospital in Manchester, quoted on the BBC website.

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