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Bowel urgency

Is there any solution for this ? I can’t hold it.

  1. I'm so sorry you're dealing with this, urgency is the absolute worst. 🙁
    First of all, have you tried keeping a food diary to see if anything you eat could be contributing to the urgency? Also, stress does this to me a lot...
    Our advocate Elizabeth wrote a couple of articles about urgency and what helps her, I'm going to link them here: 1) https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/urgency, 2) https://irritablebowelsyndrome.net/living/daily-supplements. Of course we're all different though.
    I'm also wondering if maybe pelvic floor physical therapy might help you? I had terrible issues with urgency after having my first baby and the PT helped so much. It doesn't really address the digestive issues though, just how well the muscles function.
    Please let me know if any of this helps.
    Sending hugs, Karina (team member)

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