Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Leaky Gut, Helicobacter Pylori and Acid Reflux. CFS and Fibromyalgia. A Treatment Strategy. Part 2

Sufferers following my protocol who have chronic Leaky Gut or IBS symptoms tend not to achieve the same degree of recovery as those who report no gastro-intestinal symptoms.

IBS or Leaky Gut sufferers often report having tried long antibiotic regimes, if they believe their syndrome to be of type 1 bacterial origin as previously discussed.

They may have been on Ibuprofen or Voltarol for pain, or sleeping pills or have tried the whole spectrum of supplements aimed at CFS/ Fibromyalgia.

Their current symptoms are those of bloating, intestinal gas, insufficient evacuation, acid reflux, general stomach discomfort, or a feeling of constantly needing to go to the toilet, in addition to their Fibromyalgia and fatigue symptoms

Some patients may begin suffering from gastric, duodenal ulcers or ulceration of the bowel.

It is also possible that they have developed a chronic Helicobacter Pylori infestation which is damaging the gut lining further, or chronic candidiasis in the aftermath of a prolonged antibiotic regime.

Using my protocols for manual spinal rotation and MLD, the patients with IBS or Leaky Gut symptoms had never benefited as much as patients without these symptoms.

I decided to search for a simple protocol that may deal with all these gastro-intestinal problems and i believe i have achieved this.

The protocol consists of:

8 weeks of Omeprazole:

Omeprazole is of the proton pump inhibitor family, which reduce the production of acid in your stomach.

Proton pump inhibitors are used to treat duodenal ulcers often related to NSAID misuse.

PPI’s are also used to treat ulcers infected by Helicobacter Pylori, and they are also used to prevent and treat acid that escapes from the stomach into the food pipe causing inflammation pain and heartburn (GERD).

This will deal with excess acid production in the stomach and problems associated with acid reflux; this reduces inflammation of the oesophagus and also facilitates better sleep patterns.

The standard dose is 20mg once daily.

8 weeks of Mebeverine Hydrochloride:

To complement the Omeprazole therapy this medicine helps the muscles of the gastro-intestinal tract to relax. This facilitates reduction in stomach pain, cramping constipation or diarrhoea, and flatulence associated with IBS or Leaky Gut syndrome.

This is sometimes known as antispasmodic therapy for the intestinal tract.

The combination of these two elements will stop the Leaky Gut syndrome, and allow repair of the damaged intestinal walls. The effects of this can be quite dramatic.

It goes without saying that toxins and poisons leaking into the bloodstream through a damaged intestinal wall can severely exacerbate or even cause aching limbs, tiredness and brain fog,

A whole subset of symptoms of the fatigue spectrum syndromes and Leaky Gut syndrome are frighteningly similar.

Helicobacter infection: triple therapy

Before starting the above regime your provider should perform a blood test for Helicobacter antibodies. If this is positive then this means you have a chronic Helicobacter infection which can cause serious ulceration and this should be dealt with using a triple medicine therapy.

The usual regime will be Amoxicillin 1000mg twice daily, Metronidazole 750mg twice daily to remove the infection and Omeprazole 20mg twice daily to repair the ulcerated areas infected with Helicobacter.

8 – 10 weeks of probiotic therapy:

Sufferers recovering from extreme antibiotic therapy, painkiller (NSAID) misuse or poor diet should attempt to find probiotic supplements containing at least 5 billion cultures per capsule of lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacterium bifidum.

The capsules should always be enterically coated to make sure they reach the intestines intact, as probiotics are notoriously fragile and they are easily destroyed by stomach acids.

They should also be stored in the fridge or at least at low temperature.

If you are in the US then a new culture called “Align” based on bifidus infantis 35624 is available from Proctor and Gamble affiliated outlets, and I would recommend trying this for up to 10 weeks in combination with Mebeverine Hydrochloride and Omeprazole.

Studies have been released showing bifidus infantis may be a genuine natural antidote for IBS sufferers.

http://www.bifantis.com

The combination of these therapies is proving to be extremely powerful and remarkably fast acting in many sufferers, and in cases of Leaky Gut syndrome where patients have in effect been self poisoning, substantial improvements can be noted within the first month of use.

The usual dietary regimes obviously should be adhered to, but within a few weeks you should also be able to start adding in foods that you would not normally eat, to avoid developing allergies.

As inflammation of the digestive, intestinal and bowel tract recedes, and any associated ulceration heals, the irritation of the associated sympathetics and parasympathetic nerves will reduce and toxins will stop leaking across the previously damaged walls of the gastro-intestinal tract.

Fibromyalgia/ CFS symptoms will reduce to a level that would have been achieved earlier if you weren’t suffering from related IBS/ Leaky Gut or Helicobacter infection.

Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

Copyright of Mark J. Shaw and Associates: 2009. This material can be copied or reproduced provided the authors profile and website link information are displayed.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Leaky Gut, Helicobacter Pylori and Acid Reflux. CFS and Fibromyalgia. A Treatment Strategy. Part 1

IBS/ Leaky Gut is a symptom that is frequently associated with CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers.

In my experience, a lot of people who go on to develop Fibromyalgia and CFS often have IBS/ Leaky Gut symptoms in advance of developing CFS/ Fibromyalgia.

Conversely people who had NO problems with their gastro-intestinal tract prior to developing Fibromyalgia/ CFS, often begin to report IBS and/or acid reflux (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD) symptoms later in the illness.

Approximately 25% of patients report having gastro-intestinal symptoms including bloating, gas, cramps constipation or diarrhoea BEFORE going on to develop Fibromyalgia CFS.

Approximately 25% of patients report having gastro-intestinal symptoms including bloating, gas, cramps constipation or diarrhoea AFTER developing Fibromyalgia CFS.

Usually, after the trigger infection is passed and sufferers are into the realms of CFS/ Fibromyalgia they discover that the IBS/ GERD symptoms gradually start to worsen.

To understand how and why this may be happening we need to go to our diagrams of the Autonomic Nervous System.

http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/ansdiagram.html

In diagram one you will see that thoracic 5 down to lumbar 2 are all implicated in stomach and intestinal sympathetic nerve action.

See the free report for a more accurate description of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/tinc?key=aqM3eiet&formname=fibroemail

They are known more amicably as the day nerve and the night nerve.

Also cervical occipital, and sacral 2 to 4 are implicated in intestinal parasympathetic nerve action.

In CFS and Fibromyalgia sufferers it is notable that the intestinal symptoms are most noticeable at night and the stomach and GERD symptoms are more noticeable during the day.

The nerve sensitization caused by CFS and Fibromyalgia is triggering adverse reactions all along your gastro-intestinal tract.

Frequently sufferers ask me if it is the IBS that is actually causing their CFS Fibromyalgia symptoms.

Firstly in explaining this is must define Leaky Gut as oppose to IBS, as the actual process whereby there is damage to the walls of the gastro-intestinal tract. This is sometimes a thinning of the mucosal lining and in some cases a visible ulceration.

I have recently come to the conclusion that although there is evidently crossover between the fatigue syndrome conditions and the gastro-intestinal conditions IBS/ Leaky Gut.

However, i do NOT believe Fibromyalgia/ CFS is caused by Leaky Gut or IBS.

But there appears to be a certain predisposal amongst IBS/ Leaky Gut sufferers to go on to contract Fibromyalgia/ CFS.

Just as there is a predisposal amongst people who suffer from stress and anxiety and Fibromyalgia/ CFS, to complete the triangle there is predisposal amongst stress and anxiety sufferers to develop IBS and Leaky Gut.

It is plain to any lay person that the chance of these links being coincidental is highly unlikely.

I have written previously about stress and anxiety and its link with the fatigue syndrome conditions.

http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/anxiety.html

Indeed it appears that people with IBS/ Leaky Gut are often misdiagnosed as having Fibromyalgia/ CFS on account of the number of symptoms that are identical.

However normally a General Practitioner should pick this up as part of the routine testing of suspected CFS/ Fibromyalgia patients, and treat any gastro-intestinal issues accordingly, but it seems that some individuals can be too embarrassed about admitting to problems with their intestines and possibly have not fully disclosed the issue.

It goes without saying that this is a chronically detrimental practice.

Similarly a lot of Fibromyalgia/ CFS sufferers who had no previous IBS/ Leaky Gut symptoms appear to develop Leaky Gut or IBS, post infection.

Is the Autonomic Nervous System being compromised by IBS and Leaky Gut to such an extent that they are facilitating a predisposition to develop the fatigue syndrome conditions?

Or vice versa is the fatigue syndrome condition predisposing these sufferers to develop the IBS/ Leaky Gut?

I believe the answers all lie in the specifics of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system irritation.

Effects can be stimulated from either side of the equation, the nerves of a Fibromyalgia/ CFS sufferer can stimulate anomalies in the gastro-intestinal tract, or the tract itself may become damaged by external influences and affect the recovery of a Fibromyalgia/ CFS sufferer.

We have previously discussed how large sections of the immune systems are based around the gastro-intestinal tract by design in order to deal with the enormous amount of work that has to be done to filter toxins and poisons out from what we put into the gastro-intestinal tract on a daily basis.

http://www.beatfibroandfatigue.com/fibrocfsandmld2.html

It goes without saying that a full recovery from Fibromyalgia CFS cannot be contemplated while this system is still malfunctioning.

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Mark J Shaw (B.A, M.Sc, PGD)

Mark is the author of a new digital book and training manual “Beat Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

http://www.BeatFibroAndFatigue.com

Copyright of Mark J. Shaw and Associates: 2009. This material can be copied or reproduced provided the authors profile and website link information are displayed.