{"id":162,"date":"2015-04-17T13:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w-l-h.com\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T13:42:00","slug":"bowel-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/en\/diagnosis\/bowel-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"BOWEL DISORDERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bowel disorders\u00a0are conditions affecting the digestive tract. Symptoms can be painful, difficult to manage, and often make maintaining a healthy sex life challenging. They may be urgent and embarrassing, involving issues such as gas, bloating, and difficulty controlling bowel movements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crohn\u2019s disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal cancers (colon, rectal, colorectal, intestinal, stomach), and other bowel disorders can significantly complicate intimacy. Studies have found that up to one-third of women with IBS experience sexual difficulties, reporting an impact on both desire and intimate relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>When Love Hurts<\/em>&nbsp;explores the complexities of women\u2019s sexual experiences when living with bowel disorders \u2013 which is the focus of the following sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bowel disorders affect people of all genders, ages, and backgrounds. Both Denmark and the United States have relatively high rates, and prevalence is increasing in northern, urban areas \u2013 Copenhagen being no exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-9905\" alt=\"Bowl problems\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=1024%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DALL%C2%B7E-2024-11-12-16.15.45-Abstract-expressive-artwork-with-a-sensual-feminine-quality-and-no-visible-facial-features-or-bodily-forms-such-as-a-torso-or-breasts.-The-image-has.webp?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/en\/diagnosis\/bowel-disorders\/bowel-problems\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"569\"><strong>DO I HAV<\/strong>E BOWEL PROBLEMS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/en\/diagnosis\/bowel-problemes\/sex-and-bowel-disease\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bowel-disease.jpg?resize=800%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sex and Bowel disease\" class=\"wp-image-8741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bowel-disease.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bowel-disease.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bowel-disease.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/w-l-h.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bowel-disease.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/en\/diagnosis\/bowel-problemes\/sex-and-bowel-disease\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\"><strong>SEX &amp; BOWEL DISEASE<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowel disorders\u00a0are conditions affecting the digestive tract. Symptoms can be painful, difficult to manage, and often make maintaining a healthy sex life challenging. They may be urgent and embarrassing, involving issues such as gas, bloating, and difficulty controlling bowel movements. Crohn\u2019s disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ulcerative colitis, gastrointestinal cancers (colon, rectal, colorectal, intestinal, stomach),&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1645,"parent":29,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"162","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-162","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10064,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162\/revisions\/10064"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w-l-h.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}