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Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Leaky Gut,
Helicobacter Pylori and Acid Reflux.
CFS and Fibromyalgia. A Treatment Strategy. Part 1
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IBS/
Leaky Gut is a symptom that is frequently associated with CFS and
Fibromyalgia sufferers. In
my experience, a lot of people who go on to develop Fibromyalgia and CFS
often have IBS/ Leaky Gut symptoms in advance of developing CFS/
Fibromyalgia. Conversely
people who had NO problems with their gastro-intestinal tract prior to
developing Fibromyalgia/ CFS, often begin to report IBS and/or acid
reflux (Gastroesophageal
Reflux Disease or GERD)
symptoms later in the illness. Approximately
25% of patients report having gastro-intestinal symptoms including
bloating, gas, cramps constipation or diarrhoea BEFORE going on to
develop Fibromyalgia CFS. Approximately
25% of patients report having gastro-intestinal symptoms including
bloating, gas, cramps constipation or diarrhoea AFTER developing
Fibromyalgia CFS. Usually,
after the trigger infection is passed and sufferers are into the realms
of CFS/ Fibromyalgia they discover that the IBS/ GERD symptoms gradually
start to worsen. To
understand how and why this may be happening we need to go to our
diagrams of the Autonomic Nervous System. http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/ansdiagram.html In
diagram one you will see that thoracic 5 down to lumbar 2 are all
implicated in stomach and intestinal sympathetic nerve action. See
the free report for a more accurate description of the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems. http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/tinc?key=aqM3eiet&formname=fibroemail They
are known more amicably as the day nerve and the night nerve. Also
cervical occipital, and sacral 2 to 4 are implicated in intestinal
parasympathetic nerve action. In
CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers it is notable that the intestinal
symptoms are most noticeable at night and the stomach and GERD symptoms
are more noticeable during the day. The
nerve sensitization caused by CFS and Fibromyalgia is triggering adverse
reactions all along your gastro-intestinal tract. Frequently
sufferers ask me if it is the IBS that is actually causing their CFS
Fibromyalgia symptoms. If you would like FREE IMMEDIATE access to read the very latest article, and to stay updated with Dr Shaw's latest breaking Fibromyalgia and CFS research in the future then please complete the form below. Please only use valid personal email addresses.
Firstly
in explaining this is must define Leaky Gut as oppose to IBS, as the
actual process whereby there is damage to the walls of the
gastro-intestinal tract. This is sometimes a thinning of the mucosal
lining and in some cases a visible ulceration. I
have recently come to the conclusion that although there is evidently
crossover between the fatigue syndrome conditions and the
gastro-intestinal conditions IBS/ Leaky Gut. However,
i do NOT believe Fibromyalgia/ CFS is caused by Leaky Gut or IBS. But
there appears to be a certain predisposal amongst IBS/ Leaky Gut
sufferers to go on to contract Fibromyalgia/ CFS. Just
as there is a predisposal amongst people who suffer from stress and
anxiety and Fibromyalgia/ CFS, to complete the triangle there is
predisposal amongst stress and anxiety sufferers to develop IBS and
Leaky Gut. It
is plain to any lay person that the chance of these links being
coincidental is highly unlikely. I
have written previously about stress and anxiety and its link with the
fatigue syndrome conditions. http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/anxiety.html Indeed
it appears that people with IBS/ Leaky Gut are often misdiagnosed as
having Fibromyalgia/ CFS on account of the number of symptoms that are
identical. However
normally a General Practitioner should pick this up as part of the
routine testing of suspected CFS/ Fibromyalgia patients, and treat any
gastro-intestinal issues accordingly, but it seems that some individuals
can be too embarrassed about admitting to problems with their intestines
and possibly have not fully disclosed the issue. It
goes without saying that this is a chronically detrimental practice. Similarly
a lot of Fibromyalgia/ CFS sufferers who had no previous IBS/ Leaky Gut
symptoms appear to develop Leaky Gut or IBS, post infection. Is
the Autonomic Nervous System being compromised by IBS and Leaky Gut to
such an extent that they are facilitating a predisposition to develop
the fatigue syndrome conditions? Or
vice versa is the fatigue syndrome condition predisposing these
sufferers to develop the IBS/ Leaky Gut? I
believe the answers all lie in the specifics of the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system irritation. Effects
can be stimulated from either side of the equation, the nerves of a
Fibromyalgia/ CFS sufferer can stimulate anomalies in the
gastro-intestinal tract, or the tract itself may become damaged by
external influences and affect the recovery of a Fibromyalgia/ CFS
sufferer. We
have previously discussed how large sections of the immune systems are
based around the gastro-intestinal tract by design in
order to deal with the enormous amount of work that has to be
done to filter toxins and poisons out from what we put into the
gastro-intestinal tract on a daily basis. http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/fibrocfsandmld2.html It goes without saying that a full recovery from Fibromyalgia CFS cannot be contemplated while this system is still malfunctioning. Please
read part two of the article for treatment proposal: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Leaky Gut, Helicobacter Pylori and Acid Reflux. CFS and Fibromyalgia. A Treatment Strategy. Part 2 Dr Mark J Shaw
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