Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Student’s Name: Marsha Ann Mascringhas
Student’s Number: A1957
Class/Course: Foundation in Science
Subject: English I
Assignment Question: Diet and Health. “Irritable Bowel Syndrome”
Many people today, including children suffer from an ache localized in the stomach. This abdominal discomfort usually takes place in the stomach and intestines. This condition is known as the irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome, commonly known as (IBS), is a diet-related disease that causes significant abdominal discomfort involving the entire digestive tract (Martin Hughes, n.d.). In simpler terms, it is a functional disorder whereby the large intestine fails to function properly as it …show more content…
To begin with, the nerve that controls the muscle contractions in the bowels are found to be extra sensitive in people suffering from IBS. The intestines are actually connected to the brain. This is known as the brain-gut connection. The gut is a long muscular tube that goes from the mouth to the anus. A nervous system known as the enteric nervous system (ENS) which is the gut’s brain is located in the covers of tissue lining the small intestine, stomach, colon, and the esophagus. So basically, this enteric nervous system is a part of the involuntary nervous system that is responsible for regulating the process of digestion (Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., 2011). These ENS are packed with neuron, neurotransmitters and proteins that flicks through messages between neuron or support cells found in brain. These ENS contains a complex circuitry that enables it to handle responsibility on its own, learn, remember and also, produces gut feelings (Jordan S. Rubin, n.d.). Convoluted groupings of features including psychological hormones, immune system and stress especially are found to be interfering with the messages between the brain and the bowel. This over-activity of messages sent from the brain to the gut causes the over-activity of the nerve and muscles of the gut (Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2011). Nerves in the gut that are experiencing extreme sensitivity can trigger fluctuations in the brain notably feelings, thoughts, and the triggering of parts of the brain that have to do with anxiety and agitation that will stimulate gut responses exaggeratedly (Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., 2011). This will cause cramping pain and abnormal muscle spasms which speeds up the passage of the stool causing diarrhea, constipation and bloating which are the symptoms
Student’s Number: A1957
Class/Course: Foundation in Science
Subject: English I
Assignment Question: Diet and Health. “Irritable Bowel Syndrome”
Many people today, including children suffer from an ache localized in the stomach. This abdominal discomfort usually takes place in the stomach and intestines. This condition is known as the irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome, commonly known as (IBS), is a diet-related disease that causes significant abdominal discomfort involving the entire digestive tract (Martin Hughes, n.d.). In simpler terms, it is a functional disorder whereby the large intestine fails to function properly as it …show more content…
To begin with, the nerve that controls the muscle contractions in the bowels are found to be extra sensitive in people suffering from IBS. The intestines are actually connected to the brain. This is known as the brain-gut connection. The gut is a long muscular tube that goes from the mouth to the anus. A nervous system known as the enteric nervous system (ENS) which is the gut’s brain is located in the covers of tissue lining the small intestine, stomach, colon, and the esophagus. So basically, this enteric nervous system is a part of the involuntary nervous system that is responsible for regulating the process of digestion (Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., 2011). These ENS are packed with neuron, neurotransmitters and proteins that flicks through messages between neuron or support cells found in brain. These ENS contains a complex circuitry that enables it to handle responsibility on its own, learn, remember and also, produces gut feelings (Jordan S. Rubin, n.d.). Convoluted groupings of features including psychological hormones, immune system and stress especially are found to be interfering with the messages between the brain and the bowel. This over-activity of messages sent from the brain to the gut causes the over-activity of the nerve and muscles of the gut (Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 2011). Nerves in the gut that are experiencing extreme sensitivity can trigger fluctuations in the brain notably feelings, thoughts, and the triggering of parts of the brain that have to do with anxiety and agitation that will stimulate gut responses exaggeratedly (Barbara Bradley Bolen, Ph.D., 2011). This will cause cramping pain and abnormal muscle spasms which speeds up the passage of the stool causing diarrhea, constipation and bloating which are the symptoms