Trial By Error: CBT and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

https://www.virology.ws/2020/05/05/trial-by-error-my-letter-to-ibs-studys-corresponding-author/

 

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The Benefits of Prescription Digital Therapeutics for Gastrointestinal Conditions

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https://medium.com/mahana-therapeutics/the-benefits-of-prescription-digital-therapeutics-for-gastrointestinal-conditions-86304debb883

Parallel:
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We’re developing an 8-week, clinically validated, digital program for people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
https://www.mahanatx.com/treatments/parallel

 

Now there is a threat if I've ever heard one..

 

The psychosocial woo is spreading.

Funding awarded for Mayo scientist's research on irritable bowel syndrome

https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2020/0...entists-research-on-irritable-bowel-syndrome/

I am still unclear about the actual reasoning behind psychogenic intestinal gas and diarrhea. But then again I am not a Sir Regius Professor of Bonhomie so what the hell do I know.

 

When I read the whole article it turns out they are keen to find even more ways of blaming women for their own health problems.

And from rvallee's quotes in the previous thread post what on earth are "disruptive approaches" to finding new solutions?

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1278026032235364353


"so we can understand the issues better "

really(?)

 

yes it's been clinically validated to not produce clinically significant changes

 

Understand the issues of why it doesn't work, perhaps?

 

article in Life Hack
5 Reasons IBS is Psychological

https://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/5-reasons-ibs-psychological.html

so many things wrong with this.
but if Deary, Chalder and Sharpes say it it must be right(?) even tho they propose the same theory for just about any ailment. Although it makes a thing about the fact that IBD patients are not as likely to have a psychiatric disorder, this hasn't stopped RMM et al from now aiming their sights on IBD patients.

 

Based on my own personal experience, I know that "IBS" can be cured. I needed surgery to deal with immense amounts of scarring and adhesions from delayed and botched surgery in my early teens. Once that was done (it only took roughly 30 years), my IBS problem was 95% cured.

Doctors see IBS as a mental health problem - but they constantly ignore the fact that the bowel has two surfaces - an inside and an outside. If there is a problem with the outside you're stuffed, possibly for life.

 

Info on the author :

With an author like that there is simply no chance that physical health problems would ever be considered as a cause of IBS. And what about people with undiagnosed IBD? It can take decades to get a diagnosis of that, all the while being dismissed as suffering from IBS. I know someone who was discovered to have severe Crohn's Disease in his early 50s. He lost a big chunk of his bowel as a result. His daughter had the same problem and had been diagnosed and treated for it since childhood. But it never seemed to occur to doctors that the man might have the same condition as his daughter.

 

Recent study: atypical food allergies and IBD.

www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(19)34636-0

Edit: formatting

 

https://twitter.com/user/status/1290947849409253378

 

that's insane.

 

It would seem the helping professions are no longer about serving the community / patients but about getting satisfaction / inspiration / colleague approval / awards to build up personal self-worth.

It's the age of the guru and they are holding professional 'love-ins.' Keep the positivity. Don't use critical thinking / analysis / or objectivity it's way too negative.

 

As they say, "you don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps".

 

You'll note she forgot to say "paid" privilege.....

 

No kidding it's become a mutual admiration society. It's actually one step beyond the ivory tower in how detached from the real world it all is. The only criticism leveled is at anyone criticizing the circle jerk of toxic positivity. It's basically going full spiritual, may as well just make The Secret the only medical textbook.