Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Chrones disese - Teenagers and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Many irritable bowel syndrome sufferers first develop symptoms of IBS during their teenage years. Symptoms like stomach pain, diarrhea, constipation and bloating are difficult even for an adult to deal with, and if you also have to cope with peer pressure, new relationships and exams it can make life very miserable indeed.

On top of this, teenagers often find that their parents, and even their doctors, do not take them seriously when they try to seek help. The number one complaint I hear from teenagers who have been diagnosed with IBS, often after many months or years of asking for help, is that "no-one believed I was sick". This is horrible for the teenager, as not only do they have the physical pain and discomfort to deal with, they also have to get past the fact that everyone around them thinks they are 'faking it'. Can you imagine anything worse?

Because of this problem, it is vital that we trust our children when they're say that they're having bowel problems. Of course, most kids will try to get out of school once in a while, but very few will pretend to have embarrassing symptoms like diarrhea or wind. In fact, it may have taken a great deal of courage for them to even admit to these symptoms in the first place. It's very important that when they do manage to talk about their problem, they receive a sympathetic ear.

It's also vital that teenagers receive a definite diagnosis of IBS from a doctor - bowel symptoms can mean IBS, but they can also mean Crohn's Disease, celiac disease, and a range of other disorders, so please get these ruled out before you assume that it's IBS.

Once a diagnosis has been made, you need to work alongside your teenager to help them find some treatments that work for them. This may be in the form of medications, dietary change, or supplements, and it may take a while to find something that works for each individual, but there certainly are treatments out there - don't let your child feel that they're going to suffer forever, or that just because IBS is still poorly understood there's no hope for the future. Most IBS sufferers find a treatment program that works for them, but it may take time and a trial and error approach.

Another important point to remember is that because of the general lack of understanding of IBS, there are some long-standing myths which your child might be subjected to. The most damaging, and most common, of these myths is that IBS is "all in your head" - the implication being that if the sufferer would stop being so neurotic or anxious the IBS symptoms would magically go away. This is nonsense, and you should make sure that your child knows that their symptoms are NOT their fault, and are certainly not caused by emotional problems.

Having said that, stress and anxiety can be triggers for IBS, just as certain foods can be triggers for IBS, and so anything you can do to relieve stress may help relieve symptoms to a certain extent. Remember that your child may be worried about not reaching a bathroom in time and having an accident, or having to leave class during school time and being made fun of. They might also have problems with teachers who think that they are missing out on too much school.

At all stages of your teenager's illness, the best thing that you can do is be their advocate, whether it is with doctors who are not offering treatment options, teachers who are blaming your child for missing school, or family and friends who have decided that IBS is not a big deal.

If you are standing beside your child saying "IBS is real, painful, and depressing, but we're going to beat this together" then you should find that your teenager is far more hopeful about the future, and far more willing to talk to you about what can be a very embarrassing and painful disorder.

About The Author

Sophie Lee has suffered from IBS since the age of 12. She runs the website Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment http://www.irritable-bowel-syndrome.ws where you can read reviews of all the treatments available for IBS.

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Blogger GastroMama said...

Be Your Child's Greatest Advocate - the long road to diagnosis

Hello, I am a mother of a child who was misdiagnosed for years while she suffered GERD and IBS. I'll tell you this, it is so important for parents to be their child's greatest advocate.

When my daughter was a tiny baby she was a serious projectile vomiter. She had bad breath at 14 months, she vomited frequently after meals at 3 years. I reported all these symptoms to our peditrician who pooh-poohed them as normal. Not normal.

By the time my daughter turned 6 years - her problems were worse and her peditrician retired. I brought all these problems to the attention of her next physician. He took me seriously, but tested her for hyperglycemia, and a brain tumor. By this time I was getting smarter. We didn't have the wonderful convienance of the internet back then, but I did a little research and realized that we were on the wrong track. We changed peditricians.

The next doctor was straight out of medical school. He took one look at my daughter,her symptoms and history and sent us to the nearest Gastroenterologist.

Finally.

The lesson here is keep knocking. Trust your parental instinct. If you are reading this you are leagues a head of where I was when my daughter was young. Ask lots of questions. Be your child's advocate. Learn the symptoms of GERD, IBS even lactose intolerance.

I hope your road to proper care is shorter and less painful than ours.
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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heyhey, I'm 14. For a long time I had extreame discomfort when sitting down on hard seats, and laying down. I also felt sick regurally. I had this party in my old school, but due to it closing Year 9 had to move to different schools. It began to get worse when we'd moved schools.
It was poorly done, and we were left feeling abandoned.
The problem was, I was meant to be moving house before moving to a new school. But instead I had to move school. Soon I will be moving house. And then I will have to move to another school. Being one hundred and something miles away from anyone I know.
Anyway, I began to get extreamly depressed perminently, and no one perticularily wanted to speak to me. During my time in my previous school, I was extreamly tempermental anyway, yet they were used to that.
Since having to get up at around 6:30 suddenly, previously I got up at about 7:40. My bodyclock was all over the place. Including my bowels; embarassingly enough.
Okay, this is hard to explain. I began to feel extreame discomfort when sitting down on the school plastic chairs. And I noticed increased flatulance.
I told my mother about it, yet she was confused and didn't know what to do. Eventually we went to the doctors, and she felt my stomach and said I was constipated. So she gave me some lactuose. I think thats it.
I could go to the toilet, yet every time I took it I got diarhea. And despite going to the toilet I still had the discomfort when sitting down.
I also had an odd thing where I burped often and brang up puke. So we went to the doctors again after I was becoming a wreck with it.
I was prescribed with Rammidene, or something. Yet that just stopped the burping ect.
I went to the nurse various of times, yet it was a bit embarrasing as she always had people there so I said I just felt sick.
My mother for a long time thought I was faking it, as every morning and night before school I cried and got extreamly stressed.
So a few days ago she took me to the doctors again, where I had to have an examination. Which was incredibly embarassing. And I had an anul fissure. I was prescribed with Rectogesic.
I supose I feel somewhat better, as somethings been done. Yet it says about pain when going. I have that, but also a horrible discomfort. So I have to wait and see if it works.

Ta for putting this on the internet. It's nice to know about IBS and stuff. =D

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