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I hope this helps someone suffering from what I had. I had mucous running continuously from my bowels for two years. It was so bad I wanted to die. I had a small polyp removed but it wasn't cleared up until I stopped eating anything that had milk in it. There's a protein in milk (casein,) perhaps more than one, that the body reacts to as a foreign substance. It causes inflammation a and kicks the immune system in gear so your immune response is probably hyperactive. And if you're continuously eating products with milk, it won't go away and you'll never learn the cause. The milk also creates mucus on your intestine so you?re not absorbing/processing food as efficiently. I also feel my milk consumption created the polyp. I hope this helps you, and wish that doctors had been smart enough to figure it out. But they weren't. It took a while for me to find the source of the problem but now I'm okay unless I have milk products: then it starts up again. Good luck to you.

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Submitted by: peter@ibs-help-online.com

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Periods often exacerbate ibs symptoms and it is unclear whether this is due to the hormonal influence, the stresses a period creates or other mechanisms. If considered to be hormonal, have you considered hormone manipulation of your periods e.g the ocp or oral contraceptive pill? Other options might be to try evening primrose oil or look at alternative therapies such as aromatherapy. It really depends on your age and circumstances (for example whether you are looking at becoming pregnant or not) What medication has your doctor tried?

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