The Bowel Book: A Self-Help Guide for Sufferers

✍ Scribed by Michael Levitt

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 165
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Last year I had to have a polyp removed surgically. When the doctor performed a colonoscopy he found a suspicious area and performed a biopsy (this was embedded in the mucosa so he could not snip it off like he would a polyp). The biopsy showed it was an adenoma with high-grade dysplasia - or a step away from cancer. The first surgeon I went to was going to perform a "temporary colonoscopy", the second one said he would just remove the growth (unless they found it was deeper than anticipated). The week before the surgery I went to the library and happened to find this marvelous little book. And I must say, it alleviated my fears greatly!! All turned out well, with same-day surgery and no complications. Now it is time to have another test - and the worries and fears have come back. So, now I am going to order this book to have on hand whenever I become too concerned about "what's going on"? This is a very self-educating, easy to read book and would be helpful to practically everybody who has had any bowel discomfort or GI problems.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
1 How the gastrointestinal tract does its job......Page 10
2 The seven elements of a highly effective bowel habit......Page 15
3 Urgency and incontinence of faeces......Page 18
4 Constipation and straining......Page 26
5 Pain, bleeding, piles, and prolapse......Page 48
6 Itching and burning (pruritus ani)......Page 87
7 Bloating and irritable bowel syndrome......Page 95
8 Diverticular disease of the colon......Page 102
9 Dangerous creatures: Cancer, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis......Page 111
10 Pregnancy, birth, bowels, and bottoms......Page 143
11 Colonic irrigation and other quackery......Page 152
12 Recap: When bowel motions get too soft......Page 155
13 Visiting your doctor......Page 161
F......Page 164
U......Page 165