Ok, touchy subject alert.
Here it is.
You're in the bathroom constantly because you have the
runs.
Now it could be embarrassing debilitating.
It can even affect your daily life.
And worst of all your doctor may not even think it's a true
medical condition.
So what do you do.
How do you get the right diagnosis?
This morning we're joined by two experts on intestinal disorders.
Here to talk about this are Dr. Christine Frissora and Dr.
Victoria Jasion.
Good morning.
Pleasure to be here.
Thank you for being here ladies.
Thanks Olga.
I do appreciate it.
Doctor, let me start with you Dr. Frissora.
This sounds a little bit like IBS and the reason I say this is
because my husband suffers from this kind of condition
and we talk about it alot.
Open door policy when we talk about things like this.
Is it IBS?
Well IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a combination of
symptoms that can include abdominal pain,
bloating, diarrhea and urgency.
Ok.
Now, is your husband going to kill you?
How does he feel about America know this?
He knows that I tell everybody everything so there you go.
But you know what?
We need to educate people on things like this.
I think it's important because alot of patients suffer.
It's embarrassing for the patient and their families.
It can interfere with work.
What if you're a pilot and you have to go to the bathroom?
Their fear of having an accident.
Now, I've heard of IBSD.
Now what is that?
IBSD or Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Diarrhea is when diarrhea
is the major problem.
The patients can have fecal urgency, they have to run to the
bathroom, they know where every bathroom is on the way from work
to where ever they're going.
Home or out or they're afraid to go out.
They're afraid to date.
Maybe they've soiled themselves.
They bring extra clothes where ever they go.
They have to wear diapers.
It's demoralizing.
It's debilitating.
It's embarrassing.
They really suffer from it.
And like we said earlier right now.
Alot of doctors don't know what it is.
They'll say it's not really a medical disorder, but for people
it is and it's really just destroying their lives.
It's important to know what is Irritable Bowel Syndrome and
what is cancer.
The most important thing is if there's an alarm system such as
fever, bleeding or weight loss you need to go see your doctor.
It could be cancer.
And education is key here and that's why I'm so happy you both
are here.
Dr. Jasion let me bring you in.
Great news here this morning.
Your company recently helped develop a naturally sourced
option for IBS and I know alot of people, millions of
people, suffer from this.
It's described as a prescription medical food especially for the
IBSD.
Yes, well it's a prescription medical food and it's called
EnteraGam.
And let's start with the discovery of EnteraGam.
So it was found that when you fed these proteins in EnteraGam
to young farm animals they thrived.
They no longer were malnourished, they no longer had
diharrea, they were generally healthier.
And about 60 percent of the proteins in EnteraGam are
immunagolins and that's just a fancy scientific
word for antibodies.
However, it's purified from a non dairy source so it's casein
free, whey free, lactose free.
It's also gluten free, soy free, dye free.
It's completely natural and completely unique.
Unique doctor making a difference in peoples' lives?
As a doctor I see hundreds of patients that suffer from the
diarrhea IBS and when I use this prescription medical food
therapy I see a good response.
Ok, I want to talk more about that response when we come back
so stay right there ladies.
Thank you so much.
And coming up after the break we're going to here more about
this unique break through therapy for IBSD and why it's so
encouraging for disease specialists and their patients.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome back to The Balancing Act.
We're rejoined by Gastro Interologists Dr. Christine
Frissora and medical scientist Dr. Victoria Jasion.
And we're talking about a ground breaking therapy for the
debilitating condition called IBSD.
Dr. Jasion, let me start with you know.
The therapy again is called EnteraGam.
Tell me what you saw, obviously it's a game changer here, what
you saw in the connection between the therapy and the
clinical trials you observed.
Well in clinical trials which were completed in both men and
women, patients reported a significant reduction in the
number of days per week that they experienced loose stools,
abdominal discomfort, urgency, flatulence, bloating and the
feeling of complete evacuation over a total
period of six weeks.
As far as how EnteraGam works, there's emerging evidence that
IBSD patients may have altered Gut Barrier function.
So Gut Barrier function just describes the job of your
intestinal wall.
It's the job of your intestines to make sure that you keep the
food stuff within your intestines but also allow
nutrients thru while keeping the bad things out.
So EnteraGam or the antibodies within EnteraGam, can bind to
bad microbrew components and prevent them from getting
into your intestinal wall.
Doctor Frissora, let me bring you in.
Um I know for a fact that 40 to 50 million Americans suffer from
IBS.
Two thirds of those are women.
How is EnteraGam helping them?
Well I do have alot of female patients who suffer from
diarrhea IBS and stress makes it worse.
I have a patient who's a lawyer and every time she has a trial
coming up she can't even function because she has
cramping and diarrhea and abdominal pain.
And what happens is when your stressed these gut bacteria that
Dr. Jasions' talking about they start growing and eating
everything you eat and the result is the diarrhea IBS
attack.
So stress can make IBS worse.
And here we have a way to break the cycle.
And Dr. Jasion, just to reiterate again, EnteraGam is a
prescription medical food.
Yes.
And that means it's drug free, dairy free, gluten free, soy
free and naturally sourced.
Correct.
Big game changer here.
How does a patient take it?
Is it a pill, is it powder?
Well it's actually a powder in a little sasche.
And they just tear open the sasche and they can mix the
product in anything they'd like so they can mix it in water,
they can mix it in flavored drinks, or they can mix it in
yogurt.
Soft foods for example.
Easy.
Dr. Frissora, you mentioned the lawyer.
You have hundreds of stories I'm sure, but I always like to end
on a high not especially for patients who suffer from
this, which is really difficult.
Tell me about a story you say, wow that person just changed
their life completely.
Well I remember a mom and she had three children.
She was a single mom and she had been at a restaurant where she
ate something that gave her terrible food poisoning and
after that food poisoning with the diarrhea she never quite
recovered.
She couldn't get to work on time and she couldn't lose her job.
She's a single mom.
But with this prescription medical food that you mix in
with the water she was able to get to work on time and her
intestinal function was able to normalize.
Excellent.
Thank you so much.
I really do appreciate your time.
I'm glad we could be here.
Thank you.
Dr. Jasion for more information on EnteraGam or anything IBSD
related, where do patients go?
EnteraGam.com.
And not just patients, everyone.
Everyone.
Thank you so much for your time and thank you for the education.
I do appreciate it.
And if you have IBSD symptoms, IBS, or you want to learn more
about EnteraGam go to our website, TheBalancingAct.com and
right now you can get all the resources you need right there.
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