3. IRRITABLE BOWEL MOVEMENT
A person with Gilbert’s syndrome may experience common digestive disorders such as diarrhea or constipation. Diarrhea is a condition wherein a person may frequently pass stool which is characterized as an abnormally loose or watery bowel movement. On the other hand, constipation is a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened feces.
There is no definitive diagnostic laboratory test for irritable bowel movement. Assessment may likely to start with a complete medical history, physical examination and some laboratory tests to rule out the condition like complete blood count (CBC). The test can help confirm the disease if the main symptom is diarrhea. But clinical scientists are still studying how well the test works when constipation is your chief complaint. Sometimes the results remain to be inconclusive. For this reason, the patient may require to do more other tests to find out the root cause of your symptoms.
As for treatment, doctors focus on relieving the symptoms so that the person can live as normally as possible. Mild symptoms can often be controlled by managing stress and making changes in a patient’s diet and lifestyle such as avoiding trigger foods like oily foods; eating high-fiber foods; drinking plenty of water, regular exercise and getting enough sleep are just a few. The doctor may also suggest taking medications like laxatives and other fiber supplements for constipation, while antidiarrheal and anti-cholinergic medications for people who have bouts of diarrhea.