http://faq.diet-and-health.net en-us http://faq.diet-and-health.net ActiveKB NX thecoop@birdhousecraft.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:38:34 EST 20 http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/34/ Question:   I have often wondered. I had been ill off and on, was having 25+ bowel movements daily, and had lost 50 pounds. I went into the hospital via ambulance. I tried for 2 days to get help ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/35/ Question:      My husband and I are discussing having a baby.  I am 30 and he is 31. This would be our first.  I am currently on the pill and we haven't officially decided yet on getting pregnan ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/36/ Question: I've been very curious about use of bovine colostrums (and studies on human lactoferrin) for crohn's and IBD. Has anyone had any experiences with this? Answer: I would suggest you loo ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/37/ Question: I have just had 3 foot removed from my bowel due to obstruction. I have been home from hospital for 2 weeks now. At first I could only hold on to food for 10 minutes after eating befor ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/38/ Question: Over this past week, I have had a couple of bowel movements, and there was so much more blood!  Before, I just had spotting in my stool and on the tissue, but this time the tissue was ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/39/ Question: I'm a 28 year old male. Hispanic. I've had chronic pain,(left sided abdominal pain that radiates up to my left chest, just under my left nipple area), its going on around 6 years now.. ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/40/ Question: Could anyone give me some information on small bowel obstruction - - what are the tests that would show a diagnosis, and what is the treatment? Would be grateful for any info on the su ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/41/ Question: What is the cause of crohn’s disease? Does it cause changes in the bowels? Answer: Nobody knows what causes Crohn's disease. It is becoming apparent that the germs or bacteria in our ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/42/ Question: I am in a very bad flare-up since 6 weeks (60mg prednisone/day). I have Crohn's colitis. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions for the food I should eat Answer: I eat power and b ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/43/ Question: Bowel Cleansing? Does anyone do this?  Does anyone know a good method to use?  Is it ok with crohn's? I have been feeling yucky....constipated.  Usually I am the opposite with many BM p ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/44/ Question: I have uc and was just wondering if it is safe or worth to do a colon cleansing. Symptoms I have encountered lately are pain and stiffness in my neck, shoulders, elbows, knees, and ank ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/45/ Question: I went to my doctor today because of some weird stomach and bowel issues and bleeding that I had been able to explain away until the last couple of weeks.  I sort of expected him to pu ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/46/ Question: Has anyone heard of fecal enemas for curing chronic constipation or irritable bowel syndrome? The treatment has been used for other conditions. Answer: Since detoxification is a prett ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/47/ Question: The new surgery being the most major ileo-colonic resection would leave me with little large bowel and quite possibly a ileostomy bag.  The surgery went very well (19th June), I missed ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/48/ Question: Is it true that the use of fridges in the 20th century have increased the prevalence of crohn’s, and other bowel diseases? Answer: Somewhat interesting, if not such a theory full of hol ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/49/ Question: I have read that the mucosal lining of the small bowel is very depleted in antioxidants which is what causes the bowel disorder. Apparently Aloe Vera and other antioxidants will fix t ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/50/ Question: Has anyone had any success with managing crohn’s through diet? Is this very hard on your bowels? I know that some have dairy and/or wheat intolerance. It may sound a bit dim, but how ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/51/ Question: My gastro doc. prescribed Robinul Forte tabs for spasms and excessive gas; does anyone know any information about this medicine? I haven't tried these yet. The patient information shee ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/52/ Question: Irritable Bowel Syndrome...a condition? or the result of poor understanding of bowel management (ie constipation, followed by drastic measures to resolve such which results in diarrhea) ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/53/ Question: I have Fibro and now seem to have a lot of trouble with my digestive system. Two weeks ago I had a CAT scan and gall bladder and pancreas are OK.  Since Monday I have had diarrhea, cram ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/54/ Question: I was informed in March of this year that my mother died of a condition of ischemic bowel / arterial insufficiency.  I have not been able to find any information on this condition/dise ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/55/ Question: Every time I try and exercise I get a flare-up. No matter what type of exercise or how long of a session I make it, I always end up on the toilet. I have problems with bowel motility. I ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/56/ Question: I went to my doctor today because of some weird stomach and bowel issues and bleeding that I had been able to explain away until the last couple of weeks.  I sort of expected him to pu ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/57/ Question: I'm a 38 year-old man who up until about two years ago had excellent health.  I had great energy, was physically active and could eat basically anything without problems. About two yea ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/58/ Question: I was just diagnosed with IBS and find myself going several times (8-10) per day and alternate between constipation and diarrhea. Is this normal or is it different for each person. I c ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/59/ Question: Does anyone out there have active Crohn's as well as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (i.e. Functional Bowel distress).  I suffer from severe cramps for 2-3 hours after every bowel movement an ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/60/ Question: I was just dx'ed with crohn's disease & I have a partial bowel obstruction. my gastroenterologist thinks the obstruction can be repaired without surgery & put me on mesalamine 2tabs ev ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/61/ Question: I am looking for some information on small bowel obstruction - - what are the tests that would show a diagnosis, and what is the treatment? Would be grateful for any info on the subjec ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/62/ Question: My question doesn't have to do with an ostomy but rather the cause of my ostomy: a bowel perforation. If anyone has had one of these I would be VERY interested in sharing information b ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/63/ Question: I was diagnosed w/Crohn's in 1992 (that was my LAST colonoscopy!) and had surgery in 1998.  I'm having my first flare-up since my surgery and my doctor suggested a colonoscopy again.   ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/64/ Question: In August I started having anxiety problems and diarrhea started after an initial anxiety attack.  At first I thought the Crohn's was flaring again but a CT scan did not find any infla ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/65/ Question: I have bowel syndrome crohn’s disease. My doctor mentioned that I may soon have to go on Remicade. I have never been on this drug, and I was wondering if anyone could share some info ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/66/ Question: Can you have irritable bowel syndrome with blood in your stool?  I was given a diagnosis of IBS by my gastro and I'm a bit confused by this. Answer: You may well have IBS, but it isn't ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/67/ Question: Of course I'll ask my doctor! But after looking up small bowel inflammation in the Merck Manual and getting referred to the Crohn's section, I'm beginning to wonder if a negative colon ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/68/ Question: I've been very curious about use of bovine colostrum (and studies on human lactoferrin) for crohn's and IBD. Has anyone had any experiences with this? My girlfriend has very active upp ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:08 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/69/ Question: After years of IBS and GERD which were reasonably well regulated with Lactulose and Prevacid, everything has gotten worse and I can't work around it anymore. The GERD is more persisten ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/70/ Question: What is the definition of IBS? Answer: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the colon (large intestine) that causes crampy abdominal pain, bloating, constipation ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/71/ Question: I was wondering if anyone would have an idea as to why my bowel movements would be green.  Let me state right now that I am not on iron, so that isn't it. Answer: Do you eat lots of alf ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/72/ Question: For a while I thought I had IBS. However, my symptoms seem a little different the majority of the IBS sufferers. Because of this I think I may have IBD or possibly Ulcerative Colitis. ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/73/ Question: how do you know when you're having an obstruction?  I came off of pred last week (my doctor put me on it because I had scar tissue from a previous resection and inflammation in the term ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/74/ Question: I have 3 month old boy/girl twins.  I realize that infants their age are supposed to have bowel movements every 2-3 days.  My concern is with my little girl.  Today is Sunday-her last ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/75/ Question: My 3 year old neutered female cat has been having problems with bloody diarrhea for about 6 months. She has always had a tendency to get diarrhea since she was young, but only when ove ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/76/ Question: I suffer from this and was wondering how many others do also, and what you do to control it. Or how you deal with it? Irritable bladder is a form of urinary incontinence. This inabilit ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/77/ Question: First of all let me say that I am a 40-year old male who, about three weeks ago, had my first stomach bout and I figured that I had a bug. Then the D would go away a day or two then co ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/78/ Question: I know that I could be over reacting but I have been sick for the last 24 hr. going to the bathroom every 15- 20 mins. I have endo and severe adhesions on the large and small bowel and ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/79/ Question: I have had serious gut problems for over 7 years. My GI says I have a form of Crohn's (actually, some kind of inflammatory bowel disease). Colonoscopies have shown inflammation in the ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/80/ Question: I just saw blood in my loose stools. There was some on the toilet paper too. I always thought what I had was IBS-D. This stuff all started when I started stressing in October. Diarrhe ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/81/ Question: I am wondering how many people have Crohns Disease that is not located in the lower bowel? I took a GI series test last week and the GI doctor told me that the lower bowel is not infec ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/82/ Question: I thought that mucus meant that the intestines were irritated for whatever reason. I too, have the mucus; not all the time, some of the time. Also, I was diagnosed with IBS a few years ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/83/ Question: What is the cause of mucus with a BM. I have seen it referred to numerous times by different people but would like to know what causes it and how common is it? Does it indicate anything ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/84/ Question: Having being diagnosed with Prostatitis I have found periods of relief then flare ups.  I am wondering if it is a common symptom to have urinary frequency keyed by a bowel movement?  D ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/85/ Question: So I took some Imodium to help stop the uncontrollable bowel movements that were happening due to my stomach flu, and now after five days, I still haven't had a bowel movement of any k ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/86/ Question: I was just diagnosed with IBS and find myself going several times (8-10) per day and alternate between constipation and diarrhea. is this normal or is it different for each person. I c ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/87/ Question: How do you know when you have an obstruction or blockage??? Answer: I can only speak for myself, but my first trigger is vomiting and lack of bowel movements.  Last year when I had a ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/88/ Question: For the past two days my 9 1/2 year old dog has whimpered when doing a bowel movement. The quantity appears to have been cut short.  Her diet hasn't changed. Any thoughts? Answer: Pa ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/89/ Question: I had a partial bowel obstruction about 3 years ago that was caused by adhesions. I was having surgery for bleeding from a diverticula's (sp) that they couldn't stop when the surgeon d ... Cooper F Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:20:57 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/90/ Question: Can someone direct me to a support group where someone has been in good health with no ibs or divict. and has been under stress and severe pain, and not going to a nearby �ER as his ... Cooper F Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:52:07 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/91/ Question: Could anyone give me some information on small bowel obstruction-what are the tests that would show a diagnosis, and what is the treatment? Would be grateful for any info on the subjec ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/92/ Question: I recently (2 weeks ago) had 3 ft. of small bowel (ileum) and a small portion of my colon removed. This is my first surgery for CD and I am really worried. �I have the WORST diarrhea ... Cooper F Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:19:32 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/93/ Question: I wonder why someone would have that long a wait for intestine transplant? I am under the impression that intestine transplants are relatively rare, so I would think that wait should b ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/94/ Question: I have an ileostomy and am scheduled for a small bowel series. I have had barium enemas when I still had My colon but I have not had a small bowel with My ostomy. The nurse said I coul ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/95/ Question: I had my colonoscopy, and what I have is spastic colon.  The doctor said that what he saw looked fine.  The blood that was in my stool was the result of hemorrhoids (I never had those ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/96/ Question: I am 26 years old and I have had UC for 7 years...I have never really been in remission, I have had flares most of the time. I had a colonoscopy done two weeks ago because I had some n ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/97/ Question: I have been diagnosed with a suspected partial bowel obstruction, and have been recuperating from a horrible attack for several weeks. Does anyone have knowledge about this condition, ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/98/ Question: I was diagnosed with IBS several months ago and started to notice lots of white bits or pieces of material in my stool. This is not mucus. The first time I noticed this was when I firs ... Cooper F Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:42:09 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/99/ Question:My sister has really bad Crohn's, and only recently has found a good doctor. Today, however, I began to have some concerns about my own digestive health. Up until this time I've always at ... Cooper F Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:44:03 EST http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/6905/ Question:Would eating black jelly beans make my bowel green?Answer:I hear of a story where a young girl was taken to the hospital because she had a bad stomach ache, and the mother though maybe sh ... Cooper F Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:46:36 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/6934/ I have just started a new diet and it involves restricting food during the week and then on the weekend increasing the different types of food you are allowed but not over indulging. It is going w ... Cooper F Mon, 07 May 2007 10:49:43 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/6944/ I have recently started Remicade therapy for my ankylosing spondylitis. After my last infusion 10 days ago, my stools have been green. Is this normal and has anyone else had this problem? Cooper F Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:33:38 EDT http://faq.diet-and-health.net/questions/6946/ Every once in a while, I'm finding large pellets in my bm. They are bright orange in color, about 1/2 inch long, and are shaped like a baby carrot. The bms are normal otherwise. What could these be? Cooper F Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:35:56 EDT