Ibs for Dummies
Chapter One
Targeting Triggers
In This Chapter
* Considering original triggers
* Pointing the finger at food and chemicals
* Seeing how stress affects the colon
* Keeping an eye on other culprits
In Chapter 2, we define a trigger as a stimulus that sets off an action,
process, or series of events. The triggers we talk about in this chapter are
all implicated in stimulating symptoms of IBS.
If you read this entire chapter, you'll be introduced to all the possible triggers
for IBS that we know about. And if you happen to suspect that your IBS is triggered
by something other than what you see here, we want to know about it.
You can write to us at ibschristine@shaw.ca.
Identifying Original Triggers
As we explain in Chapter 2, the medical community doesn't yet know what
causes IBS in all patients. What we think may happen with IBS is that there is
an underlying predisposition to the condition - an original trigger. For example,
the original trigger could be
A bowel infection (see Ch ... read full excerpt from IBS For Dummies ebook
