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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction to IBS | |
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| Are you confident that your problem is IBS? | |
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| How to use this book | |
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| The way forward | |
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| Why is There Confusion Over IBS? | |
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| Potential IBS symptoms | |
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| 'Red flag' symptoms | |
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| What are the Symptoms of IBS? | |
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| Abdominal pain | |
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| Bloating | |
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| Diarrhoea | |
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| Constipation | |
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| Nausea and vomiting | |
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| Symptoms outside the gut | |
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| Which Sort of IBS Do You Have? | |
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| The dietary approach | |
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| A change of approach | |
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| Getting started | |
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| Keep a food and lifestyle diary | |
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| Changing your lifestyle | |
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| What If You Have Two or More Forms of IBS? | |
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| What if I seem to be positive for nearly everything? | |
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| Malfermentation and IBS | |
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| Fibre and malfermentation | |
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| Excluding problem foods | |
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| Which diet should I choose? | |
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| Low-fibre diet | |
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| The exclusion diet | |
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| Frequently asked questions | |
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| A sample menu | |
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| Low-fibre, gluten-free diet | |
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| Overload and Overflow | |
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| Getting started | |
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| What happens next? | |
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| What happens in the long term? | |
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| Air Swallowing and Anxiety | |
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| Why do we swallow air? | |
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| Test for abnormal breathing patterns | |
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| How to correct abnormal breathing pattern | |
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| Talking | |
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| Other causes of air swallowing | |
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| Anxiety | |
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| Constipation | |
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| The normal behaviour of the large intestine | |
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| Causes of constipation | |
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| Treatment of constipation | |
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| Going to the loo properly | |
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| Pelvic floor exercises | |
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| If lifestyle changes don't work | |
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| What about an exclusion diet? | |
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| What if I am still having problems with my bowels? | |
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| You want to go but you can't - obstructed defecation | |
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| Biofeedback programme for constipation | |
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| Understanding Probiotics and Prebiotics | |
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| The development of a healthy bacterial flora in the gut | |
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| Colonisation resistance and IBS | |
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| Probiotic bacteria | |
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| Prebiotics | |
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| The Menstrual Cycle and IBS | |
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| Exaggerated gut effects | |
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| Treatment of menstrually-related IBS | |
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| Musculo-Skeletal Causes of Abdominal Pain | |
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| Causes of musculo-skeletal abdominal pain | |
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| How to spot a musculo-skeletal pain | |
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| How is musculo-skeletal pain treated? | |
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| What If You're Still No Better? | |
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| Bile salt malabsorption | |
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| Enteric neuropathy | |
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| Gallbladder disorders | |
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| Disorders of the pancreas | |
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| Diverticular disease | |
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| Continuing Control of IBS | |
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| Further Information | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |