Icheon Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Why Your Stomach Hurts Whenever You're Stressed
Icheon Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Why Your Stomach Hurts Whenever You're Stressed
Hello.
This is Director Seo Se-wook of Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
Today I'd like to talk about Icheon irritable bowel syndrome,
and why your stomach hurts whenever you're stressed.
Among the patients who open my consultation room door,
many come in clutching their belly,
and the moment they sit down
they check where the restroom is first.
"Director, every time a meeting starts at work,
my stomach gurgles and it's so embarrassing."
"Whenever exam season comes,
I go to the bathroom at least five times a day."
"I've had endoscopies and CT scans done,
but they say there's nothing wrong. So why does it hurt this much?"
Every time I hear words like these,
I imagine how frustrated they must have felt,
and my heart grows heavy first.
Being told that nothing is wrong on the tests
must have felt even more disheartening.
Today's topic is
Icheon irritable bowel syndrome.
Many people brush off irritable bowel syndrome,
thinking it's something they can just endure,
or conversely worry excessively that it might be a serious illness.
But once you understand why stress and the gut are connected,
the direction of treatment becomes much clearer.
Today I'll address these questions
one by one.
1. When you're stressed,
why is it the stomach of all things that hurts?
2. Can Korean medicine treatment
really heal an oversensitive gut?
3. How long does treatment take,
and who exactly should receive treatment?
I hope this article helps those
who lose sleep over
Icheon irritable bowel syndrome.
When you're stressed,
why is it the stomach of all things that hurts?
Our gut has the highest concentration of nerve cells
after the brain.
That's why in medicine
the gut is sometimes called the 'second brain.'
When the brain senses stress,
that tension travels along the nerves
and is transmitted straight to the gut.
The sympathetic nervous system becomes overactive,
and bowel movement suddenly speeds up
or, conversely, comes to a halt.
That's why when you're tense you may suddenly
need to rush to the restroom,
while some people go days without a bowel movement.
Irritable bowel syndrome
is not a case of inflammation or a tumor in the gut itself.
It's a functional problem that arises when the autonomic nerves
that regulate bowel movement react excessively.
Even after an endoscopy
there's no visible abnormality,
yet the stomach clearly hurts
and diarrhea and constipation alternate.
When you don't know the cause it feels hopeless,
but once you know the cause the direction of treatment becomes clear.
Can Korean medicine treatment
really heal an oversensitive gut?
This is the question I'm asked most often.
And it's also the part I can answer
with the most confidence.
Because irritable bowel syndrome
is not a structural problem
but a functional one,
it is a condition well suited to
Korean medicine treatment, which looks at
the balance of the whole body.
At Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic,on your first visit we check your autonomic nervous systemwith an HRV test,and we first examine your overall conditionwith an InBody and blood pressure test.
Rather than simply looking only at the belly because the belly hurts,
we assess the nervous system, your physical stamina,
and even your level of stress all together.
Based on the test results,
we establish a treatment plan tailored to each individual patient.
With acupuncture we relax
the excessively tense abdominal muscles and nerves,
and with moxibustion and cupping we help circulation within the belly.
Pharmacopuncture acts directly on the digestive-related areas
and helps calm the gut's oversensitive reactions.
On top of this, we prescribe herbal medicine tailored to your constitution and symptoms.
The goal is not simply to stop diarrhea
or to clear up constipation.
It is to restore the balance of the autonomic nervous system
so that the gut can move stably on its own.
That is the core of the treatment we aim for.
How long does treatment take,
and who exactly should receive treatment?
If your symptoms are mild and only recently began,
you usually feel a clear change
within about two weeks to a month.
If you've suffered for a long time,
or if diarrhea and constipation alternate
and you also have headaches, anxiety, and insomnia,
then it is best to receive
steady treatment over
about one to three months.
I'd especially encourage these people
to consider visiting.
Office workers near Changjeon-dong, Icheon
who have severe commuting stress,
students who get an upset stomach every exam season,
and those who've been to hospital after hospital
but couldn't find a clear solution.
If you keep enduring it alone,
the symptoms tend to grow deeper and deeper.
The sooner you start, the shorter the treatment period.
Lifestyle management must be addressed together as well.
Please cut back as much as possible on caffeine,
greasy food, and cold food,
and regular meals and a light walk
help more than you might think.
It's impossible to avoid stress altogether.
But the goal of treatment is to make your gut
react less to the same stress.
Let me sum up today's talk.
Having your stomach hurt whenever you're stressed
is an autonomic nervous system problem where the gut and brain are closely connected.
The fact that nothing is found on tests doesn't mean there's no solution;
because it's a functional problem,
it can be treated with acupuncture, moxibustion, pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine.
With treatment suited to your constitution, the goal goes beyond relieving symptoms—
it is to build a gut that doesn't waver
even under the same stress.
Icheon irritable bowel syndrome—
I hope you won't endure it alone.
This has been Seo Se-wook of Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic in Icheon.
Thank you.
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Icheon Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Why Your Stomach Hurts Whenever You're Stressed
Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic
1F Kyunghee Yakson Korean Medicine Clinic, 178 Yeongchang-ro, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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