| Effects of Smoking on Irritable Bowel Syndrome | | | | anti-inflammatory medications commonly causes |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a disorder that affects | | | | ulcers however it is smoking that increases the |
| the large intestines. It exhibit symptoms such as | | | | possibility of peptic ulcer. Not only that, smoking also |
| cramping or pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating and | | | | hinders healing and makes ulcer to reoccur more |
| gassiness. IBS is also known in other names such | | | | frequently. This is because smoking worsens ulcer |
| functional bowel disease, mucus colitis and spastic | | | | perforation ten times. Aside from ulcer and triggering |
| colon. However although it also makes use of the | | | | IBS symptoms, smoking also increases the chance of |
| term colitis it should never be construed as an | | | | Crohn's disease. It may also lead to the development |
| inflammatory bowel disease. | | | | of gallstones. |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome is not a dangerous disorder | | | | The nicotine found on the tobacco is not only an |
| and neither it is contagious nor cancerous. The | | | | addictive element but also a poison that tend to |
| greatest effect that IBS can have in a patient is to | | | | weaken the lower esophageal sphincter. This lead to |
| cause stress and discomfort which interrupts daily | | | | hyper production of acid in the stomach and at the |
| activities. Irritable Bowel Syndrome especially for | | | | same time decreases the pancreatic production of |
| married patients often affects their sexual lives. | | | | sodium bicarbonate, which is an important substance |
| Smoking and Irritable Bowel Syndrome Smoking does | | | | in counteracting the production of stomach acid. |
| not only cause lung cancer but also worsen | | | | Aside from nicotine, tobacco also contains more than |
| symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Tobacco just | | | | four hundred toxins and at least forty-three known |
| like caffeine and alcohol also worsen IBS symptoms. | | | | carcinogens. All of these harmful substances enters |
| It really does not matter whether you smoked, | | | | the bloodstream and carried through the digestive |
| chewed or inhaled Tobacco. The facts still remains | | | | tract triggering IBS symptoms. Similarly, inhaling a |
| that Tobacco is a potent GI tract irritant, carcinogen | | | | smoke from the tobacco also cause gassiness, |
| and stimulant. | | | | belching and bloating which are symptoms also of IBS. |
| People with Irritable Bowel Syndrome have sensitive | | | | Smoking above all is famous for causing cancer either |
| gastrointestinal and are very susceptible to certain | | | | of the colon, the bladder, kidney, pancreas and |
| stimuli may it be in the form of food or even the | | | | stomach. Plus long-term smoking also increases the |
| simple waking up actions. Tobacco is one of the | | | | possibility of colorectal cancer. How? Inhaling or |
| worst factors that trigger Irritable Bowel Syndrome | | | | swallowing tobacco smoke can bring carcinogens right |
| symptoms and can cause various types of cancer. | | | | down to the colon. The tobacco also tend to |
| Tobacco in general affects almost all the parts of the | | | | increase colon polyp size which means that the bigger |
| digestive system. It does not only cause heartburn | | | | the polyp the higher the possibility for it to develop |
| but also reflux which are considered two conditions | | | | into cancer. In fact, studies shows that at least |
| which IBS patients are likely to acquire. And since | | | | twelve percent of colorectal cancers are the direct |
| smoking damage the esophageal sphincter, the acidic | | | | result of smoking. |
| contents of the stomach tend to flow upward and | | | | Lastly, smoking is not only a factor that can trigger |
| down into the lower portion of the esophagus. | | | | Irritable Bowel Syndrome but poses greater health |
| Helicobacter pylori bacteria or irritation resulting from | | | | risk like cancer so for your sake better quit smoking. |