What is SIBO?
Here’s what we’re going to cover Should Bacteria Be in the Small Intestine? The Bacterial Balancing Act Treating SIBO SIBO stands for small intestine bacterial overgrowth. It’s all the rage right now in...
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An IBS College Love Story?
We all experience embarrassing moments and “Why me?” moments. As doctors at the IBS Treatment Center, We’ve heard more than a few tales of unpleasant situations. Yet, there is one patient’s story that sticks...
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Parasites & IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
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...
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The Connection Between IBS & Stress
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...
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IBS and Difficulty Gaining Weight
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...
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Dancer Overcomes IBS Struggles
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...
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IBS & Food Allergy Q&A
Great panel discussion with Dr. Stephen Wangen from the IBS Treatment Center and a round table discussion. Education is the best way to understand what’s going on with your body! Dr. WangenDr. Stephen Wangen...
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IBS and Gall Bladder Issues
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other digestive problems such as constipation, diarrhea or abdominal pain often wonder if they have a problem with their gallbladder. Problems with the gallbladder can indeed cause...
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Writer, Speaker Beate Chelette to Share Her IBS Recovery Story
For the second time this month, Dr. Stephen Wangen is scheduled to appear on KING 5’s New Day (March 26th episode) to discuss IBS and the unique approach that the IBS Treatment Center offers...
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5 Reasons Why It’s Hard to Detect Your Own Food Allergy
Reason #1 One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are often made...
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Aetna Settles Lawsuit – Agrees to Pay Millions to Insured and Doctors
The United State District Court; District of New Jersey has issued a notice of proposed settlement in a case involving Aetna, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (not including Coventry Health Care, Inc.). The...
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Report: Prices, Not Demand, Behind Huge Hike in U.S. Health Spending
A recent article from US News highlights a study that finds that Contrary to popular belief, the biggest reason for the rise in U.S. health care spending is not an aging population or patient...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is Not in Your Head
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a diagnosis given to patients when the doctor can’t find anything wrong. It implies that the problem isn’t all that severe and is likely mostly in the patient’s head....
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Case Studies from the IBS Treatment Center
A few recent case studies from the IBS Treatment Center on celiac disease and gluten intolerance. Case #1: 27 year old male with loose stools, gas, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, inability to gain weight, acne...
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Elimination Diets and Identifying Food Allergies
One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic for you is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are often made...
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Stress and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
(image thanks to youbeauty.com) 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...
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Anemia Q&A
What is anemia? Anemia is a common blood disorder that is a decrease in the number of red blood cells (RBCs) and/or poorly formed red blood cells. These are the cells in your blood...
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Medications for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
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...
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The Importance of Stomach Acid
Stomach acid is your primary defense against food-borne infections. Stomach acid is vital to good health. It is the first major step in breaking down your food, which is so critical to proper nutrition....
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Study: The value of eliminating foods according to food-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea.
(img thanks to redcedarwellness) This Chinese study certainly seems to get it right. From NIH.gov: OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the role of food intolerance in irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (D-IBS). METHODS: Specific immunoglobulin...
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What is Good Digestion?
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...
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The Dreaded Constipation
Constipation is one of the primary symptoms defined as IBS. The two major factors for defining constipation are the frequency of bowel movements and their firmness. One sign that your digestive system is functioning...
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IBS & Stress
(image thanks to etsu.edu) If you’ve been diagnosed with IBS, it’s likely that you have been advised to reduce your stress level. You may have been told to get regular exercise and adequate sleep,...
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Get Off Those Medications
The typical medical approach for treating IBS involves either doing nothing, or guessing at the problem and trying different medications. Many of the patients that come to the IBS Treatment Center have been on...
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5 Challenges to Detecting Your Own Food Allergy
Reason #1 One major obstacle to figuring out which foods are problematic is that, even on an elimination diet, you may not have truly eliminated all of your allergenic foods. Assumptions are often made...
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How IBS Can Cause Iron Deficiency and Anemia
Many patients who have digestive problems are also anemic due to low iron or low vitamin B12 levels. This problem causes fatigue, so it should be of interest to many people. Being anemic and...
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Gastroparesis Is Often Curable
Gastroparesis is a motility disorder that patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and other digestive problems are sometimes given as a diagnosis, as noted in the journal Digestive and Liver Disease. Like irritable bowel...
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Abdominal Pain and the Emergency Room
If you have gone to the doctor or the emergency room for severe abdominal pain and have subsequently left the doctors office or ER without any answer for why you are in pain,...
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Understand What Causes Your Painful Constipation
The two major factors for defining constipation are the frequency of bowel movements and their firmness. One sign that your digestive system is functioning optimally is that you have at least one bowel...
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Stress Reduction
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...
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