Irritated Bowel syndrome is the most common disease diagnosed by gastroenterologists (doctors who specialize in medical treatment of disorders of the stomach and intestines) and one of the most common disorders seen by primary care physicians. In gastroenterology, irritated bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain, discomfort or bloating relieved by...

Symptoms of Irritated Bowel Syndrome vary quite widely from patient to patient, but there are some common symptoms of Irritated Bowel Syndrome that can indicate an IBS diagnosis. They include: diarrhea constipation alternating diarrhea and constipation stomach pain bloating excess gas or wind nausea. You do not need to have all of these symptoms of Irritated Bowel Syndrome to be diagnosed...

Thousands of Americans suffer from ibs - irritated bowel syndrome. It affects young, old and middle aged. Men and women are both affected by this ailment. Many thousands of man hours are lost in the working world due to absence or when a person comes in to work, from being less productive simply because they don’t feel well....

Irritated Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is also known as irritated or spastic colon, and there is no real understanding of why it exists, although it seems to occur when the muscles that line the walls of the intestines and the colon, go into spasm. The muscles contract for no apparent reason, causing pain and diarrhea alternating with constipation. Other symptoms include a cramping pain in the...

Irritated bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common condition, but in some ways it is still a mystery. There are many different theories about what causes the syndrome, and different doctors will give you different reasons for your illness ' anything from stress to bad bacteria to food intolerance. And once you have been diagnosed, there is no set form of treatment ' instead, sufferers tend to try...