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Irritable bowel syndrome is a very common con­dition a lot of people all over the world suffer. Because this chronic con­dition is char­ac­terized by so many symptoms of IBS that you can easily mistake as those of another medical con­dition, it’s hard to make an accurate dia­gnosis of IBS.

This is why it is important to pinpoint certain food items, habits, and events that can trigger the symptoms of the con­dition, so as to avoid them alto­gether. And smoking is one of the many things that can trigger the condition’s symptoms to manifest themselves.

So, what are the effects of smoking on irritable bowel syndrome? And what is it about smoking that triggers such? Recent studies show that tobacco does not just cause lung cancer, but it is also a potent irritant of the gastrointestinal tract. In fact, tobacco is now known as a gastrointestinal tract irritant, as well as a car­cinogen and a stimulant. Yes, tobacco has indeed become that infamous where health is concerned.

People affected with irritable bowel syndrome have gastrointestinal tracts that are very sensitive to a lot of stimuli, even in the form of spicy and oily food items. Tobacco, in its very basic form, can affect almost every part of your digestive system. It can cause reflux and heartburn, which are two con­ditions that almost all IBS patients acquire after being affected with the syndrome. Tobacco can also damage what is known as the eso­phageal sphincter. When this happens, there is then a large pos­sibility of your stomach contents to flow right up, and then down into your eso­phagus’ lower portion.

Smoking also increases the risks entailed in peptic ulcer. And when you already have stomach ulcers in your stomach and you keep smoking, you are actually worsening the con­dition of these ulcers. To the point that these ulcers would not heal normally, and they would reoccur more often as well. The per­foration of stomach ulcers is worsened by the mere act of smoking ten times. What’s more, smoking also increases the risk of acquiring Crohn’s disease, as well as the devel­opment of gall­stones in your gall bladder.

The nicotine in every cigarette stick you smoke can actually lead to heightened pro­duction of stomach acids in your system. Nicotine also decreases the pro­duction rate of sodium bicar­bonate in your pancreas. Sodium bicar­bonate has to be produced because it is what coun­teracts the pro­duction of acid in your stomach. With the pro­duction rate sig­ni­ficantly reduced, chemical imbalances would def­initely occur.

With these many negative effects of smoking in irritable bowel syndrome, it is not dif­ficult to perceive the need to stop smoking. So, if you are afflicted with the con­dition, now would be the perfect time to quit smoking.

When it comes to either quiting smoking or managing your IBS then you can do a lot worse that use hyp­no­therapy. For more information on Hyp­no­therapy check out www.HypnotherapyClinic.info or www.NoelBradford.com.

This article was ori­ginally pub­lished on www.HypnotherapyClinic.info by Con­sultant Clinical Hyp­no­therapist & Pys­cho­therapist Noel Bradford –

As a pro­fes­sional therapist Noel help people with everything that you would expect including giving up smoking, con­trolling their weight, dealing with fears and phobias. However his services go far beyond this and encompass things that affect everyone at some time in their life, such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and low self esteem.

He  also has detailed spe­cialist training in several areas including but not limitted to Irrittable Bowel Syndrome and Pyscho­sexual matters that affect men such as Errectile Dys­function and Pre­mature Ejac­u­lation as well as those affecting women such as Hyper Desire Disorder, Vaginisums, and Dys­pareunia.

Ori­ginally posted 2010-​​02-​​17 15:36:00.