The Sensitive Gut

Understanding IBS

‘To boldly go where no man has gone before.’ Exploring the gas clouds of inner space with the IBS voyager.

Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction film, starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasance as the crew of the submarine/spaceship, Proteus, that is able to shrink to … Continue reading

January 14, 2018 · Leave a comment

The large bowel is great! It’s soo-oh smart. Not a tweet, but a trump!

My fellow Americans, I want to tell you that the large bowel is such a ‘smart tube’ – it’s really, really smart.  Just a few feet long – so small, … Continue reading

August 5, 2017 · 2 Comments

Fear of Flying

How to avoid the discomfort of airline flights if you have IBS. Last week,  Adrian wrote:   I love going to Africa for wildlife safari and photography, but each time my … Continue reading

March 16, 2016 · 4 Comments

All you ever wanted to know about farting but were too embarrassed to ask.

There can be nothing as embarrassing and painful as gas. It gurgles and squelches through the intestines during pauses in conversations,  squeaking like a rusty door or roaring like an … Continue reading

December 26, 2015 · Leave a comment

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