IBS AND HYPERVENTILATION
The impression that patients suffering from the Irritable Bowel Syndrome hyperventilated was researched in a three-month study at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey. It did not prove that there was an association but it was convincing enough to suggest that further study would be worthwhile. Increased swallowing was noted in Irritable Bowel sufferers; this was thought to be the result of hyperventilation making the mouth dry. It also suggested that some symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome may respond well to breathing exercises.L.C. Lum, formerly Consultant Chest Physician at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, in his paper ‘Hyperventilation Syndromes in Medicine and Psychiatry’, states that people who hyperventilate frequently have the Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and many have definite symptoms of food intolerance. He also said that many people with food intolerance also have symptoms of hyperventilation.These findings are not surprising. You will see in this chapter how breathing affects the nerves and anything which upsets the nervous system must have repercussions in the gut. We have also seen how food and chemical intolerance can make the nasal mucosa swell; this in itself is a cause of hyperventilation.*96\326\8*
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