I want to write about this subject probably even less than you want to read about it, but oh well, here we go with a discussion of belly aches with fancy names attached to them like, Crohn's colitis, pseudomembranous colitis, Gastroduodenal Crohn's, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBD) and so on and so forth. By the way Crohn does not refer to a haggard old women; that would be a crone and not a crohn. With that out of the way, we're also going to get some words out of the way that may cause discomfort or a snikker if they should show up later on, therefore in no particular order they are: intestines, bowels, diarrhea, gas, rectal, pus , bloat, stools.
In case one likes to think that an upset stomach is simply an upset stomach and that's all there is to it, the simplicity of that diagnosis is no longer in existence. Instead what we now have is that your belly ache is either Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBD), or Chrohn's. Those are the choices and were it only that simple we could stop right here, but, and as you've probably already guessed, it's not nearly that simple. As such, we might as well stop referring to belly aches and stomach aches, and talk about it the way the medical community prefers; it is not a belly ache it is a digestive tract disorder or a digestive disease. Seriously we're not trying to make light of it as there are those that are chronic sufferers of these ailments, but there are many who are not but are nevertheless put on medication, when they would better off just watching their diet and getting their stress levels under control by learning relaxation techniques.
The point that I'm trying to make, and it's a personal opinion, is that we are over medicated, over diagnosed, and over treated. We eat the wrong kind of foods and eat way to much of them and that's mainly due to our busy lifestyles because we have been convinced by the advertising industry that we must succeed and if we can't do that, we, at least must acquire those things that say we have succeeded. Never mind the extra stress that's heaped on us because we have overextended ourselves, however, at least until the creditors start to harangue us about late, or missed payments, we're looking good to our friends, neighboors, various other associates and perfect strangers who we don't care about and whom care even less about us. Did I forget to mention that we're also supposed to stay young and therefore we're cut-up, injected with botulism toxin, sucked out, and implanted? Is it little wonder that our bellies ache? Oops, sorry, I meant to say is it little wonder that so many of us have problems with our digestive system? Put in more succinctly graphic terms our colons and intestines are inflamed. In some cases they are so inflamed that pieces of them have to be cut out of us Or, if you prefer, they have to be surgically resectioned.
By that point, it doesn't much matter if the diagnosis is colitis in all its various forms and names, Crohns, or IBD, because our stools are bloody, we've got bouts of diarrhea, bouts of constipation, or both, our intestines are bleeding (Gastrointestinal bleeding) but most of all we're tired and we hurt. And that hurt in no longer confined to the belly. At that juncture it's probably way past time to ask if our striving was worth it, or would a simpler more relaxed way of of life have served us better.
Should it be perchance that you are looking for very specific information on these ailments you can find that by going to http://www.colitis-search.com, aside from that we now leave you with these parting words, 'Please learn to take better care of yourself''. It's OK to just 'be'.
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