“Doctor, whenever I
get ready to go out, I’m getting the urge to defecate, whenever I finish
breakfast, I get the urge”- these kinds of patient’s presentations are
quite common in IBS.
Irritable
bowel syndrome(IBS) is a functional disorder of the small intestine
characterized by the abdominal pain, discomfort followed with altered
bowel habits – hard or soft bowels.
Usually structural
abnormalities cannot be detected in such instances. It is one among the
commonly diagnosed functional disorder of the digestive system. Surely this
will not kill the individuals; but the discomfort caused by this illness causes
great distress to the patients and life becomes miserable with fatigue. Many
people tend to lose weight over a period of time
In modern medicine they
denote the contribution of hereditary factors, enteric infections, inflammatory
action of the small intestine, altered food habits etc in this disease. Stress,
depression, anxiety etc do play important role in the causation of this
disease.
In Ayurveda, a similar condition
is explained in the name of Grahani or Sangrahani. The name is given so because
according to Ayurveda, Grahana (Retaining ability) is the function of Grahani
organ (Small intestine in general and Duodenum in particular). As this function
is significantly altered and bowel loses its control to retain for stipulated
time period, according to ones requirement of absorption, this condition is
called Grahani.
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