Faecal Microbial Transplant for IBS: is the future orange, brown or colourless?
Who would have thought it? How could anybody seriously suggest treating IBS with an inoculum of somebody else’s faeces? As a society, we are so aversive to the whole idea … Continue reading
Oh I wish I’d looked after me teeth!
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth, And spotted the dangers beneath All the toffees I chewed, And the sweet sticky food. Oh, I wish I’d looked after me … Continue reading
Delusion: a necessary refuge from life and illness.
It is Wednesday and I am writing from my cottage in Derbyshire. All seems safe outside, a soft rain is falling and a thrush is singing from the gable end, … Continue reading
With IBS, the rule is: ‘there are no rules’
…. there is only the patient. Mandy wrote to me recently to tell me how much better her diarrhoea had been since she started taking Questran, a ion exchange resin … Continue reading
IBS Research: Truth, Post Truth and Statistics
To the sceptics among us, there is no such thing as truth. Memory is fallible and remodelled every time it is recalled; so we can never be sure of what … Continue reading
Buscopan; one tablet, two prices, but does it work for you?
Buscopan is licenced by Boehringer Ingleheim, a large multinational pharmaceutical corporation based in Germany. It is the trade name for Hyoscine Butylbromide, a powerful antispasmodic, registered in 1956, that relieves … Continue reading
The Placebo Effect: Exploiting the art of healing.
The vespers for the dead began with the phrase, ‘Placebo domino in regione vivorum’ (I shall please the Lord in the land of the living). In the 12th century, these … Continue reading
High on a hill; could weed help your IBS?
A few weeks ago, James offered this pithy piece of advice on The IBS Network’s Facebook page. ‘Baked cannabis cookies made with organic coconut oil, that will sort it … Continue reading
The best person to treat your IBS
From a practical viewpoint, there are two types of illness; those that have a clear pathology and cause, a definite diagnosis and can be treated with drugs, diet and surgery … Continue reading
It is not always what is so, but what you think is so
As I have commented on many posts in this blog, IBS is a condition that has no clear cause and no specific cure, but is often instigated by a traumatic … Continue reading
The Sensitive Gut 