Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome ↓

Author: Simon Darnley
Publisher: Wiley, 2005
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is an extremely common disorder affecting around 200f the population of Western.
Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome offers you a comprehensive, review of what is known about IBS and its treatment. Written in easy-to-understand language by an IBS expert, the book contains numerous examples and real-life quotes from sufferers. Simon Darnley not only provides you with strategies for coping with this condition physically, he also deals with the psychological aspects of IBS to help you cope better mentally with the problem.

• Written in an easy-to-understand fashion by an expert in the subject
  
• Contains numerous examples and real-life quotes from IBS sufferers
  
• An invaluable guide for anyone suffering from IBS
  

Simon Darnley is a cognitive behavioural therapist (CBT) and researcher with over fifteen years' experience. For seven years he was a tutor in CBT at the Institute of Psychiatry in London and has recently completed a large research trial using cognitive behavioural therapy for IBS. He is also a part-time magician and comedian.

Many doctors have been around other doctors too long. As in any profession they will develop their own language or jargon to describe what is happening with their patients. Unfortunately most of us are not doctors (nor would we want to be, given their workload and the increasing state of the NHS). Sometimes, and not deliberately, they forget to translate their jargon back into plain simple English that we all can understand. If a doctor uses a word you do not understand please ask them what they mean. They will not be offended or think you are stupid (unless of course you are a Professor of Medicine, in which case you should know better).
If, however, you are nervous or the jargon was in a written article, then the list below should help decipher what they meant.

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