If it could help Crohn's, why not investigate it?
Colitis is a term that can be a catch-all, but IBS is typically not lumped into it by doctors. Ulcerative colitis is its own disease, I believe. IBS != IBD.
I agree with you on diverticulitis given the nature of the disease. I have diverticulosis with mild symptoms.
Since IBS is a two pronged Syndrome, those who suffer from it, who don't have diarrhea, but have extreme constipation, this isn't going to solve the problem. And then, there are the IBS suffers, who have both problems. And that's but one symptom of IBS.
Could you clarify this? I think it makes sense to you, but with the sentences structured the way they are, it's a bit confusing.
And IBS has less to do with receptors in the intestines, than the presence or lack thereof, of various hormones and chemicals sent down from the brain.
This is certainly not a widely accepted idea. The jury is still out. My hunch is that eventually, serotonin will be seen as playing a role in IBS. But will cannabinoids possibly help? Given the varying degrees of severity in this disease, it might.
People with IBS used to be told that it was all in their minds and that they were nuts. It was treated as a mental illness and/or ignored.
Then, for most decades of the 20th century, it was indeed lumped in with and called COLITIS and misdiagnosed/mistreated.
You claimed that IBS is diarrheal. It can be, but most with IBS have the kind that is the complete opposite...constipation. Some people's IBS is a combination of constipation and diarrhea. But none of those symptoms are the ONLY problems/symptoms faced by IBS sufferers. And even the experts don't understand this disease, nor know how to treat it; not to mention the fact that it is incurable. The best they can do, is to sort of treat a few of the symptoms; not all of them.
What I have stated about IBS, most assuredly is what the experts' expert says about it.
For some, yes, it is a serotonin problem...which is why Zoloft or a similar drug is sometime proscribed, on a short term basis; however, that is NOT true for those who have a combination diarrheal/constipation ( most people ), or just the diarrhea.
Could cannabinoids help IBS? About as much as they could help a hangnail. They certainly aren't going to do anything for the bloat, the explosive diarrhea, or any of the other many symptoms. Could they mask the pain? Possibly, but not every IBS sufferer has the same kind of pain, if they have pain at all.
Actually, Crohn's is more treatable, now, than IBS is.
I hope that your diverticulosis doesn't ever get any worse. My great grandfather died from it.