These have become very common over the last few years and I am seeing many patients with diverticulitis, crohns, irritable bowel, ulcerative colitis and wind and bloating.

With inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). The most commonly affected parts are the distal ileum and colon, but inflammation may also affect any part of the GIT from the mouth to the anus. IBD may present at any age but the onset peaks between 15 and 40 years of age.

Crohn’s Disease is chronic inflammation involving all layers of the intestinal wall and any part of the gastrointestinal tract although it most commonly affects the ileum and the caecum.

Nutritional deficiencies due to malabsorption are common.

Ulcerative Colitis is a chronic non-specific inflammatory bowel disease involving the mucosa and submucosa of the colon. It usually includes the rectum and is characterised by uniform and continuous ulceration and bloody diarrhoea and rectal bleeding.

It is very important to get the gut flora healthy and I also address lifestyle and dietary changes. Nutrition plays an enormous part in the healing process.

So individualized programme is set out for you to follow along with prescriptions of healing herbs and glutamine for intestinal integrity. I also look at allergens and triggers that you may be having.

More common is irritable bowel where you may be experiencing diarrhoea followed by bouts of constipation, bloating and wind. I have great success with a special dietary programme along with a specific probiotic and herbs to help the digestive system to heal itself.

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