IBS irritable bowel syndrome
I also after speaking with my Gastro DR...believe I have IBS?..He stated some of the symptoms indicate this...diahrrea...loose and not...6-10 X/day..feeling bloated....pain periodically... and he...
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Ask your Doc. for a simple blood test for Celiac Sprue. I had IBS - it started suddenly and continued. Turns out I was allergic to wheat & Gluten. My IBS went away by eliminating wheat &...
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Be careful what you take over the counter. Some meds slow down your intestines so you go less and feel fewer cramps. But going too slow could make it worse by allowing bacteria to multiply and...
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Hello, Im trackin with all the comments....KP4VCC, First; You need a condition that show in service and treated in service.....I believe it did..and there is mention in SMR...BUT who has time in...
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If you have a mental illness that you believe is making a physical problem worse, you need to talk to your psychiatrist about it, in addition to the medical side. If psych issues caused the gastro...
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A couple of my lessons learned. I was DX'd with IBS at the end of desert storm, the doc gave me a bunch of brochures, all of which said that there is no cure, just treatment for the symptoms. At...
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Hello and THX to all... cpt george.....Th VA does not recognize IBS without a colonoscopy to rule out other things. even though my SMR shows IBS. ....IBS folks have said that colonoscopy is to rule...
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Hello all, this is my first post. I'm about to submit a claim for IBS (among other things). I was not diagnosed with it when I was in the Corps 20 years ago, but I did in fact have it (since I was...
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Not unless you can find a doctor that will say your current condition is the same condition you complained about in service and you can show continuity of treatment since you got out.
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SteamJockey wrote: Not unless you can find a doctor that will say your current condition is the same condition you complained about in service and you can show continuity of treatment since you got...
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When I first began reading that PTSD and Gastric issues were related, I was doubting. Yet, I recall that I started having gastric issues using the prescribed NAIDS. I stopped using those about fifteen...
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What does this mean? "It becomes obvious to any reader of Dr. Pall's book that PTSD is not one disease but a chain reaction effect of other diseases at a molecular level." Gold
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I was awarded 30% sc for IBS as secondary to PTSD. They both started around the same time and my private physician wrote a letter saying that he thought that my IBS was more likely then not caused by...
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Hello...... HelloWork....I understand u found someinteresting things here but do doctors within VA recognize PTSD as a cause??? of gerd, IBS and others by way of the symptoms of PTSD???? THX and...
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jlw, Three months after I got back from Nam and was discharged in 1970 Icame down with PTSD and IBS. Unfortunately neither was recognized as a medical condition then. A VA doctor treated my PTSD...
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THX CHUCK.... I dont have a good paper trail. Ive been takin dycclomine for bout 2 yrs.....had been to appt to gastro 1 or 2x.....DR gave me list of things to do....thats been over 7-8 months...
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jlw9369 wrote: Hello...... HelloWork....I understand u found someinteresting things here but do doctors within VA recognize PTSD as a cause??? of gerd, IBS and others by way of the symptoms of...
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ggold7211 wrote: What does this mean? "It becomes obvious to any reader of Dr. Pall's book that PTSD is not one disease but a chain reaction effect of other diseases at a molecular level." Gold...
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Teufelhunden wrote: I was diagnosed with IBS by the C&P rep and by the gastro specialist but when it to rating, it was down graded to Chronic Dyspepsia and granted 10%. I haven't had a colonoscopy...
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I was diagnosed with IBS by the C&P rep and the gastro specialist but when it went to rating, it was down graded to Chronic Dyspepsia and I was only granted 10%. I haven't had a colonoscopy but am...
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