Debiliatating IC and IBS: What To Do for the Mucous

The matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association  It exists but we don’t know why

The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract  This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy  Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given  Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain Syndrome is at best guess work based on anecdotal IC sufferers reports

But what about this link between IBS and IC?  It’s estimated that about 70% of people with IC have some signs and symptoms of IBS  From my vantage point in dealing with patients…..it’s more like approaching 100%  And this makes sense because of what I just related about the origin of almost all chronic diseases

The Relationship of IC and IBS

The symptoms of IBS are related to poor digestion  This leads to the increased qualities of hot and mobile which leave the GI tract and lodge in weak bodily areas predisposed to disease  The mobile quality leads to the frequency, urgency, getting up at night, and at times incontinence if certain characteristics of the continence mechanism are present  The hot quality leads to the intermittent burning in the bladder and vagina leading to vulvodynia like symptoms  In men the symptoms of chronic prostatitis are similar except that the perineal burning is often more severe

Approximately 60-70% of people with IC become either asymptomatic and their symptoms dramatically lessen over time with minor flares that are tolerable and dealt with by small interventions that quiet the above qualities  The remaining 30% of patients become debilitated with symptoms

More often than not this debilitated group of patients have not only IC symptoms(bladder, prostate, and vagina) but also extreme bowel symptoms as well  This leads to the diagnosis of IBS  Unfortunately there is little from the matter or molecular science discipline to deal with these symptoms as well  So this unfortunate group of patients have IC and IBS both of which are not managed well by the current medical system  Nothing to be offered

Understanding IBS and Mucous

So incapacitating IC almost always has a component of IBS that is also severe  Since all disease starts in the GI tract the management of these severe cases must hinge around dealing with the problems in the GI tract  Typically when the GI symptoms are managed the IC symptoms take care of themselves

As I talked about earlier the cause of IBS is poor digestive strength  Once this process of poor digestion is set in motion the accumulation of undigested unprocessed food leads to disruption of absorption and assimilation of food leading to toxicity

But all of these digestive disruptions lead to increased mucous production by the lining of the GI tract  Because of the hot and dry qualities in the GI tract this mucous over time becomes thick ropey and creates intermittent functional bowel obstruction, leading to bloating and pockets of gas  Another serious problem with this inspissated mucous is that it is incredibly inflammatory which produces severe cramping pain

Over years this mucous becomes a major obstacle to clearing symptoms not only in the bowel but also the bladder  And both systems create symptoms that interrelate causing a constellation of symptoms that are uninterpretable by the matter science doctors

What To Do?

If early on in symptoms using licorice or slippery elm can serve as demulcents to the problematic mucous  Until the mucous is cleared the symptoms won’t be relieved  But the healing process of bowel recovery is another hurdle that has to be managed until the gas and bloating is controlled

The important realization to the management of these difficult situations is that the process of healing from an energy science view requires time   There is no magic fix, no magic pill, no magic operation  Only patience, diligence, and the courage to do the work

All the best in your healing journey  DB