Relieving Abdominal Pain For Patients With IBS - By: Rebecca A. Anderson

When a person gets sick, one of the major symptoms

he will be feeling is pain. Pain is considered in the

medical world as the sixth vital sign and should be

treated immediately in order to give comfort and

relaxation to the person. Pain is also a major symptom

when it comes to Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS. The

pain is caused by the spasms that your colon have

when an IBS attack happens. An attack happens when

a trigger is introduced into the body and the most

common triggers are food based. Here are some of the

most effective ways for a person to deal with pain which

comes from IBS.

Since people would want immediately relief, most

especially when they are in extreme pain, pain relievers

are one of the main medications given to these kinds of

patients. If you are on home care, it is highly

recommended that you do not buy any over the counter

medications and try to get a prescription from your

doctor in order to be sure that you will not react

differently to that drug. Also, you need to remember to

give the medication before the pain has reached an

unbearable level. This would be useless by then. Give

the medication early on when the pain is just starting.

IBS spasms tend to increase with time and as such,

pain intensity increases as well.

For the psychological approach, you may make use of

the theory known as the gate control theory. The

premise of this theory is that a person can learn to

block out the pain by being more aware of your body.

This is not applicable to everyone because this

technique requires a good amount of concentration and

self-awareness to work effectively.

Relaxation techniques and exercises are one of the

most effective ways to deal with any kind of pain and

not just pain caused by IBS. A good example would be

deep breathing exercise. This decreases the pain as

well as decreases the stress level that you feel on that

occasion. Once you have mastered a relaxation

technique that works really well for you, you can even

call on it when an acute attack happens. Just

remember that you need to concentrate on what you

are doing and that you do not get distracted because a

break in concentration might ruin it all.

Another relaxation technique is the use of visualization

wherein you visualize any object, place, or person that

relaxes you. By doing this, you shift your attention from

the pain into the item that you are imagining. A good

pair to your relaxation techniques is a good cup of

herbal tea which calms the nerves and soothes the

body. Ginger, peppermint, and chamomile tea are the

most recommended.

Another home remedy for abdominal pain would be the

use of a heating pad. The heat does not actually have

an anesthetic or an analgesic effect but it has a

relaxing effect. This soothes the part of the body that it

is in direct contact with which, in turn, decreases the

pain that they person feels.

About the Author

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