Parasites are a known cause of IBS. Symptoms include diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating, cramps, nausea, poor digestion, fatigue, muscle aches, bleeding, rectal itching, abdominal pain. Parasites cannot live without you. You provide them living...
Read More →
If you have been diagnosed with IBS, it is likely that you have been advised to reduce your stress level. You may have been told to get regular exercise and adequate sleep, and to...
Read More →
The inability to lose weight as well as the inability to gain weight are frequently two sides of the same coin. Food allergies and sensitivities, gastrointestinal bacterial infections, yeast, and parasites can all interfere...
Read More →
I always had a nervous stomach my whole life, but it was nothing serious until part-way through college when I started having some major digestive problems. I was beginning to feel like I was...
Read More →
Dr. Stephen Wangen (third from left), co-founder of the IBS Treatment Center, has been successfully helping people resolve irritable bowel syndrome and chronic digestive problems since 1999. This success culminated in the 2005 opening...
Read More →
How Our Nutritionist Can Help You! At the IBS Treatment Center, our commitment to your health doesn’t end when you walk out the door. Our doctors often recommend new dietary plans and we understand...
Read More →
Susan loves to hike and backpack in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Unfortunately, her IBS has been preventing her from enjoying the great outdoors. When she first came to us at the IBS Treatment Center,...
Read More →
This story comes from a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center. Her name has been changed to protect her privacy. Stacy came to the IBS Treatment Center because she had terrible abdominal pain...
Read More →
A recent patient at the IBS Treatment Center in Seattle. Jennifer is a competitive dancer. She has IBS along with daily nausea and reflux. Additionally, Jennifer was finding it more and more difficult to...
Read More →
A recent question to our office. Dear IBS treatment center, I have heard many wonderful things about your center from a family member who is a nurse. I have also been doing lots of...
Read More →
I was diagnosed with IBS in 1994. Unfortunately, that didn’t make any real difference in my health. So while in medical school I began to research my problem and discovered that I had celiac...
Read More →
Food allergies can cause a lot more problems than you or your doctor probably realize. After having worked with thousands of patients with food allergies, we know this to be true. Although there is...
Read More →
At least 20 million Americans have been diagnosed with IBS. The drug companies are beginning to tap into this hefty target market by offering medicines aimed at relieving the symptoms of IBS. These drugs...
Read More →
“I wanted to send you an update. I have not once had heartburn or indigestion, both of which I’ve had since high school. I want to thank the whole team at the IBS Treatment...
Read More →
“My husband and I are missionaries and have lived out of the country the last three years. Since leaving the country I have been sick with stomach issues. I have had four colonoscopies, seen...
Read More →
An excerpt from our January 2015 e-newsletter. Click HERE to read the entire article. It’s not uncommon for Jennifer to hear, “Mommy, I have a tummy ache.” Her daughter, Lauren, complains about stomach pain...
Read More →
A great letter from a former patient. “In the third grade I remember complaining constantly about having stomach aches and was actually put on anti-anxiety medication. I have struggled with this throughout my 52...
Read More →
From a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center: My husband and I are missionaries and have lived out of the country the last three years. Since leaving the country I have been sick...
Read More →
Dr. Stephen Wangen sits & talks with a former patient and his mother about the child’s (cured) digestive problems.
Read More →
Digestion should be the natural process of an exquisitely complex system that converts food into the materials needed for life: vitamins, minerals, fats, amino acids (proteins), and sugars (carbohydrates). From the average person’s point...
Read More →
I first experienced IBS symptoms in 1992, at the age of 21 and I lived with it for 15 years. I tried everything to find a solution including visits to about 10 doctors (G.I....
Read More →
This letter comes from a former (cured!) patient of the IBS Treatment Center. Patients have come to the IBS Treatment Center from all over. They have visited our clinics in Seattle, WA and Santa...
Read More →
From a former patient of the IBS Treatment Center: I am a 58 year old woman suffering with IBS since the age of 15. I have been to many gastro doctors over the years...
Read More →
Dr. Heath McAllister is a state-licensed and board-certified Naturopathic Doctor. He received his doctoral degree, with honors, from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona and continues to teach medical students. He...
Read More →
We commonly hear from patients that they feel exhausted all of the time. If it happens to you it might seem normal. You may think that your body is just spending a lot of...
Read More →
From one of our patient’s parents: After having children that have constant tummy aches and below average growth rates, I figured it was the least I could do as a parent to invest in...
Read More →
As summer draws to an end many of us are preparing to go back to school or send our children back to school. For those suffering with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), this can mean...
Read More →
From a recent patient of the IBS Treatment Center. I always had a nervous stomach my whole life, but it was nothing serious until part-way through college when I started having some major digestive...
Read More →
From a recent patient at the IBS Treatment Center. I am a 43 year old female and I have been having stomach/digestive trouble since I was a baby. My mother used to say I...
Read More →
The cause of IBS varies from person to person, which is what makes irritable bowel syndrome and the symptoms of diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and chronic abdominal pain so difficult for most doctors to...
Read More →