Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common conditions that a primary doctor will see in his or her office. The diagnosis is based on symptoms. It is characterized by chronic abdominal pain, discomfort, bloating, and alteration of bowel habits. Diarrhea or constipation may be the main features or they may alternate.
It is estimated that up to 15% of Americans have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. This is reflected by the number of television commercials you see for drugs that help the intestinal tract.
Because the symptoms are so common and can indicate many conditions, often patients will have extensive and expensive workups with colonoscopy and upper G.I. endoscopy before a proper diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome is made.
I am very happy to announce that my colleague Mark Pimentel M.D., and the GI Motility Program at Cedars-Sinai Hospital are sponsoring a 2014 Global Outreach Symposium on Irritable Bowel Syndrome. It is being held this weekend live on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. BUT, more importantly it is also available to you my patients and readers online in a live simulcast as well. The live simulcast will also accept questions from Internet viewers that will be directly answered by the physicians on stage.
****THIS SEMINAR IS NOT FREE!****
You can register for this Conference by clicking HERE
Here is a list of what the lectures will include:
- IBS – It’s not “ALL IN YOUR HEAD”
- The last decade – Role of bacteria in IBS
- Food poisoning and IBS – Is this the real cause of IBS?
- Microbiome
- What is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth a.k.a SIBO
- Treatment for IBS/SIBO
- Probiotics and IBS
- Diet and IBS (fodmap)
- Microbes and Metabolism
- Is IBS an autoimmune disease?
- The Future: Exciting New Developments
As you may remember, from my podcast with Dr. Pimentel, he has discovered that a leading cause of the symptoms of IBS, is Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO). And in this coming symposium, he and his colleagues will be discussing their latest findings in the diagnosis and most especially the treatment of this extremely common disorder.
I’ve been working with Dr. Pimental and his team with my patients for over 10 years. I’ve sent hundreds of patients to his office for what is called “breath testing”. Aside from the inconvenience of taking the morning off work and sitting in a room with 10 strangers were also during the test, it was a hard test for my patients to do.
Now thanks to new technology, I’m happy to let all my patients and readers know that we are able to give you a take-home test so that you may do the breath test in the privacy of your own home on a weekend or day off.
This conference will have the latest information on IBS, it’s diagnosis and treatment from several of the leaders in the field. I urge you to let your friends and family know about this conference so that they may register for it and learn about additional things they may do to help themselves. And even help them teach their own doctors what they need to get well!
****THIS SEMINAR IS NOT FREE!****
Again, Click Here to Sign Up for the conference, in person or by webinar !
I look forward to your feedback about how you like this program next weekend.
About Dr. Soram Khalsa
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