Those with bowel disease were also more than six times more likely to also have a disorder called sensorimotor polyneuropathy, a nerve disease that can cause weakness, pain, and numbness.

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More young people are getting colon cancer. A man diagnosed at age 29 shares symptoms as part of this trend — pelvic pain, ... he experienced neuropathy, numbness and tingling from nerve damage.

In terms of treating IBD, there are two goals—to relieve symptoms and to reduce inflammation and damage to the intestines. It’s not always easy to achieve both goals simultaneously.

Various nerves control bladder and bowel function, including the spinal cord, cauda equina, pudendal nerves, and the enteric nervous system, a nerve network in the walls of the digestive tract.

In their latest study, a team led by Jonathan Cooper, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, has shown that gene therapy to the bowel in mice modeling Batten disease reduced symptoms ...

The cause and symptoms of neuropathy, or nerve damage, can help determine the best way to treat it. Some examples of therapy for neuropathy include OTC and prescription medication, antidepressants ...

Millions of Americans suffer from peripheral nerve damage, or neuropathy. ... and muscle weakness are just a few symptoms to keep on your radar. by Crystal Harlan Updated: May 10, 2020.

The trial was investigating the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an autoimmune condition that includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.