IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Diarrhea, and the Migraine Syndrome



Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

by J Wes Tanner MD
Migraine Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

“Oh, I must have eaten the wrong thing again! My bowels get stressed out so easily. Sometimes I get severe stomach pain and loose stools. My doctor wanted to do some tests the last time I saw him. Upper GI, gall bladder ultrasound, colonoscopy, and blood work doesn’t sound like much fun to me! I wonder: why do I feel this way?"

This person may have intermittent loose stools and even occasional constipation. The stomach may hurt and the discomfort or pain usually is at least temporarily better after a bowel movement. IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, does not cause fever, anemia, blood loss, or weight loss. If any of these are noted, then something else is going on—maybe even in addition to IBS. All too often, these patients are operated on for sick gall bladder. There are no stones, but the gall bladder is sluggish and has sludge in it. When someone has migraines, one of the reasons for nausea is a sluggish digestive tract. Who does not have a sluggish gall bladder with a migraine is a better question than do you want your gall bladder removed? This question is best answered by you and your doctor. Unfortunately the stomach symptoms often are only temporarily gone.

This person falls into the migraine syndrome profile. Let me explain what I mean by the migraine syndrome. It is the outward expression of the body’s sensitivity to light, sound, smell, food, and/or stress. Some people are more sensitive than others therefore, their reactions to different stimuli are greater. This sensitivity can be manifested in the body as migraines, sinus headaches, neck aches, palpitations, irritable bowel syndrome, motion sickness or vertigo, reactive hypoglycemia, temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ), panic attacks, and/or fibromyalgia. Now that’s a mouthful! Understanding what is going on with you is very important in the healing process.

J. Wes Tanner, MD, is a family practice and headache specialist who has been treating people for over 30 years. He has extensive experience in treating migraines and fibromyalgia with excellent success. In Doctor, Why Do I Feel This Way?, Dr. Tanner exposes the secrets and myths about fibromyalgia and the migraine syndrome. To find out more, go to www.migrainesyndrome.net .

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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)
» left by Anonymous 3 years 132 days ago.
when you say temporary what do you mean like that?
 
1 week?
» left by Ld
from wyo 2 years 293 days ago.
I am very glad i decided to look up my symptoms. Sry for my spelling im only useing one eye to see because my head hurts so bad.And i have horrible Diarrhea. It must have been from going to a movie on the big screen 2 days ago. and my head still hurts. Plus i ate alot of pop corn with extra butter. So i cant quite blame the crapps on the Migraine because the butter coulda got me. But either way it proves that this article is true. Thanks
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