Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is rife in our modern world, and its symptoms are very similar to several other conditions such as; colitis, often referred to as inflammatory bowel disease, and includes 2 main conditions, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The other is coeliac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy). Yep I imagine you're just sticking to calling it plain old IBS!! I've heard many weird descriptions over the years, from people trying to hide their suffering by going to the little girls room. Right through to those that blatantly tell you they need a dump... and they need it now!!! I even saw one woman at Virgin Active having to change her underwear after an aerobics class exacerbated her symptoms...grim at the gym!!
The weirdest case I saw was one of the last managers I had at Globo Gym, a man entrusted with the job of disciplining me for "helping" members understand physiology as opposed to starvation diets or exercising personal draining. Mr X had seriously bad Crohn's, yet it was his lucky day sat opposite the company health geek, sat with some serious answers to his problems. Despite the disciplinary, I really did think that once he heard my simple explanation of his condition, and how we could work to overcome the Crohn's, that he would fight my corner for me. Sadly he wasn't interested, to this day I often wonder if he enjoys his time sat in various cubicles, sweating after just avoiding an another near accident!?
Anyhow, the biomarkers of IBS and in fact most other "itis" in the gastrointestinal tract, tend to show multiple tests that I do. So, I usually know that you suffer these conditions before you even tell me. I sometimes know you suffer them before you even know, especially if you've come from a paleo diet, or some other diet and exercise regime that increases cortisol and decreases immune function [1.2] Frequently I can see that people are on the verge of suffering with their"itis", or that their diet is masking issues just like steroids would. I can see it creeping up, and while it may not currently cause a problem, and I don't wish to be the prophet of doom, it is very naive to imagine that it occurs overnight.
References;
1. Tomiyama AJ, Mann T, Vinas D, Hunger JM, Dejager J, Taylor SE. (2010). Low calorie dieting increases cortisol. Psychosom Med. 2010 May;72(4):357-64. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d9523c. Epub 2010 Apr 5.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368473
2. Suzanne C. Segerstrom and Gregory E. Miller (2004). Psychological Stress and the Human Immune System: A Meta-Analytic Study of 30 Years of Inquiry. Psychol Bull.
Psychol Bull. 130(4): 601–630. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.130.4.601 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361287/
The weirdest case I saw was one of the last managers I had at Globo Gym, a man entrusted with the job of disciplining me for "helping" members understand physiology as opposed to starvation diets or exercising personal draining. Mr X had seriously bad Crohn's, yet it was his lucky day sat opposite the company health geek, sat with some serious answers to his problems. Despite the disciplinary, I really did think that once he heard my simple explanation of his condition, and how we could work to overcome the Crohn's, that he would fight my corner for me. Sadly he wasn't interested, to this day I often wonder if he enjoys his time sat in various cubicles, sweating after just avoiding an another near accident!?
Anyhow, the biomarkers of IBS and in fact most other "itis" in the gastrointestinal tract, tend to show multiple tests that I do. So, I usually know that you suffer these conditions before you even tell me. I sometimes know you suffer them before you even know, especially if you've come from a paleo diet, or some other diet and exercise regime that increases cortisol and decreases immune function [1.2] Frequently I can see that people are on the verge of suffering with their"itis", or that their diet is masking issues just like steroids would. I can see it creeping up, and while it may not currently cause a problem, and I don't wish to be the prophet of doom, it is very naive to imagine that it occurs overnight.
References;
1. Tomiyama AJ, Mann T, Vinas D, Hunger JM, Dejager J, Taylor SE. (2010). Low calorie dieting increases cortisol. Psychosom Med. 2010 May;72(4):357-64. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d9523c. Epub 2010 Apr 5.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368473
2. Suzanne C. Segerstrom and Gregory E. Miller (2004). Psychological Stress and the Human Immune System: A Meta-Analytic Study of 30 Years of Inquiry. Psychol Bull.
Psychol Bull. 130(4): 601–630. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.130.4.601 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361287/
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