At least 58 million Americans have suffered IBS at some stage in their lives. They have cramp like abdominal pains, diarrhoea and/ constipation. These symptoms vary in individual IBS patients and also from day to day. Jeffrey Roberts, president of the IBS Self Help and Support Group, says, “IBS is an illness which seems to [...]
IBS affects up to 20% of people globally. IBS symptoms are pains in the abdomen bloating and altered bowel pattern. In addition there can be rectal symptoms such as irritation and urgency. Sometimes non-colonic symptoms can develop.
Treatments of IBS fall into four categories. Patient education, medication, dietary modification and behavioural and psychological therapies are the [...]