irritable bowel syndrome is often a taboo subject. It is unpleasant and not-so-rare. According to the health insurance company Barmer there are difficulties in the detection and treatment.
To the best broadcasting time on television this advertisement:
to be running “in the past, I was so ashamed – felt unsafe. I had diarrhea and bloating – irritable bowel. I was unhappy!”
Such ads irritated the Chairman of the Board of Barmer, Christoph Straub: “it suggests to the audience: Just one tablet or a few drops of is likely to purely plant-based By means of take, and already nagging to solve, then diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain, cramps. So easy but unfortunately it is not.”
Many symptoms, many causes
For the irritable bowel syndrome is not only evident in many of the symptoms, but usually has several causes. Barmer has recorded for your doctor to report the data of more than ten percent of the population. A Million people in Germany to 2017 would have received in the expected the diagnosis of irritable bowel. Each to the doctor not long ago. Overall, there could be up to eleven million people are Affected.
The Report also shows that the stimulus is bowel often found only after countless tests and visits to the doctor. The reason is that all other physical causes must be excluded.
on The other, would apply Doctors too often imaging procedures such as CT or MRI, instead of asking the patient his life style. The General practitioner, Joachim Szecsenyi criticized. He conducts research on health care at the aQua-Institute, Göttingen, has also created the Barmer-doctor report.
“That is our basic problem is that the call services tend to be paid worse than diagnostic services,” said the doctor.
often, the handle follows to painkillers
Also in the treatment of the doctor’s report criticizes. Far too often would simply prescribed painkillers that can be addictive.
“There is not now a therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome”, the General practitioners and the supply of researchers Szecsenyi. “But what you should avoid is to give, in the case of pain, opioids, or because there is stomach rumbling, to go on a proton pump inhibitor.”
the Latter are stomach acid blockers, which get nearly 40 percent of those Affected. Irritable bowel syndrome does not have only physical causes. Often, the Psyche plays a role. And so with this as with many psychosomatic diseases: Increasingly, young people are affected. 68.000 Times of the irritable bowel syndrome was found in 23 – to 27-Year-old. Thus, the cases have increased more than in other age groups, from 2005 to 2017 to 70 percent.
reflection of the Eating behavior needed
“If you really are more likely to have the Problem, or more frequent medical care, we can’t say for sure,” says Barmer-Chairman of the Board Straub. “But we see that we have – whether it’s irritable bowel, or headaches, see a significant increase in young people. You are burdened.”
About the reasons speculated a lot. Whether it is the accelerated everyday life, to the constant digital availability? In any case, it seems to be a lack of strategies, with this Stress. Especially in the case of a disease such as irritable bowel the Affected people themselves can do a lot, Barmer-chief Straub: “This is a reflection of the Eating habits, the diet, but also sports and relaxation techniques can help. It is very important that the Affected learning with the psycho-social stress factors.”
Only one tablet or a few drops of for irritable bowel syndrome, which in any event fall short.
Barmer-Report irritable bowel syndrome: Many of the Affected, poor supply
Vera wolf fighting, ARD Berlin
28.02.2019 14:28 PM
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