Q: I was diagnosed with this about a month ago and suffer terrible spasm pains in my back and abdomen.I usually drink Aloe Vera juice and Danone Actimel drinks to ease the pain. Does anybody have any suggestions?
A: You should be fine. My fiancee has irrtable bowel syndrome and it's such a broad disease. A syndrome is just something that reports similar symptoms... but you and ten other people with IBS can all have different causes. Generally with the disease it's what you DO eat that causes the problem, not what you don't. One day of no food is sometimes helpful and cleansing. I find with my fiancee a lot of times stress will set it off, or worrying about the IBS (aka, being in a car for a while will make him think "What if I have to go and we're on the highway?" and that will make him have to go) Have you gone to a gastroenterologist? They can often find the reason and put you on something like Asacol (there is actually a new one out too that is once a day- but I can't remember the name). Good luck! I know it's a hard disease to deal with. :(