Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by kaksmileygirl: Will getting my belly button pierced affect my I.B.S? (irritable bowel syndrome) and more questions!?
I am 12 years old and getting my belly button done in November for my 13th birthday. One of my older friends said it barely hurts and everything is worth it after like a month or 2 because of the healing and all that crap. But I have I.B.S (irritable bowel syndrome) and I read that if done wrong, belly button piercings can give you severe stomach problems. My I.B.S acts up daily and when I eat fast food so I never eat it. I can’t take anymore stomach problems, and no, I do not take any kind of medicine for it I just try to eat as healthy as I can.

I have another question: does it really hurt as bad as some people on the internet say it does? I’m comfortable with getting shots and I’ve only gotten my ears pierced without being nervous at all. I don’t know how this could help but I do tear open my skin with needles when I have splinters and am not afraid to shove a needle through that dead layer of skin on your hands. (duh.) I am a girly girl and want to do this because I saw it and it looked extremely cute.

I also play sports – fast pitch, volleyball, basketball, and track. So how can I prevent it from getting like caught on my clothing ? Sorry for all the questions. I already did the pinch as hard as you can for 10 seconds and I can take that almost no problem. I am told by my coaches that I am basically an all-around tough girl for my age but that’s because when I was younger I was yelled at when I cryed and told to suck it up whenever I got hurt It didn’t offend me in anyway.

Oh yeah, this is the last one, I heard that a Store in Bedford, Ohio called A Nu Tatt2 and are they really that sanitary and good at piercings? I’ve heard good things from them except that they are kind of over priced but that’s because it’s like really professional.

Best answer:

Answer by Sarah
It wont effect your ibs , i have both , its only the outside bit of skin pierced , nothing to do with your bowels

What do you think? Answer below!

question by Jason L : I poop more probiotics help? I do not poop as much as I usually poop 2-3 times a week, four times in a good week. I was so thinking about probiotics in it may be my clense intestinal system and so on. Will it help? best answer: response from Scott b
can, but I doubt it. All Probiotics are beneficial bacteria that digest food which can help you. What you need is a laxative.

as embarrassing as it is, do you find that you fart a lot more often then people without it? I’m getting over ibs but I’m just curious, does anyone else feel the same?

I am on the elimination diet, but that could take months to figure out what’s causing the problem. I’ve heard of teas, digestive enzymes, probiotics, magnisium, does any of that work?