Abdominal Bloating
Possible CausesCommon causes of abdominal bloating include overeating, lactose intolerance, food sensitivities, gulping air, irritable bowel syndrome, partial bowel obstruction, premenstrual bloating and constipation. Abdominal bloating can also be a caused by tumors from ovarian cancer and is one o...
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Candida
Possible CausesCandida infection is understood differently in natural medicine and western medicine. Candida albicans is a yeast that normally lives in the digestive tract and vagina. It is when the yeast overgrows that a person experiences symptoms. Overgrowths of yeast can cause ...
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Constipation
Constipation is a symptom not a disease. Most people will experience it at some time in their life. Diet is usually to blame. Constipation is the infrequent and difficult passing of hard stools. Depriving your body of exercise, dietary fibre, and water can cause you to pass st...
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Diarrhea
A short bout of diarrhea (see Gastroenteritis) could be seen as a cleansing reaction, but repeated attacks suggest a more serious problem. We suffer from diarrhea when our intestines hold on to too much fluid for too long. Fortunately, most cases of diarrhea are mild, and can be prevente...
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Food Allergies
An allergy or intolerance is the result of an oversensitive immune system, which responds aggressively to substances that generally pose no threat to our wellbeing. Possible CausesFood allergies are common and occur when the body’s immune system reacts to a food that is eaten. Ther...
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Gastroenteritis
Possible CausesGastroenteritis is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the digestive tract. This inflammation can be from a virus (most common) affecting the small intestine, or can be from a bacteria (food poisoning) affecting the large intestine. Eating contaminated or undercooked ...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
The most common of the gastrointestinal disorders seen by gastroenterologists, irritable bowel syndrome occurs twice as frequently in women as it does in men and is thought to be a problem for as much as fifteen percent of the population. Possible CausesNormally, this condition may be at...
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Ulcerative Colitis
One of the two forms of inflammatory bowel disease, the other being Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis mainly affects those under 30 years old. It causes inflammation of the colon and rectum, leading to ulceration of the gut lining. Ulcerative colitis is usually confined to the lower pa...
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