Irritable Bowel Syndrome April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month IBS affects 1 in 7 people and is prevalent in 10-15% of people throughout the world. What is IBS? IBS is a disorder that causes repeated abdominal pain associated with diarrhea, constipation, or both but does not cause any identifiable damage or disease of the digestive […]
Could Your Child Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
IBS is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder, which is a problem with the way the large intestine or colon works. IBS is not a disease, but rather it consists of symptoms that occur simultaneously. The most common symptom of IBS is functional abdominal pain (i.e., pain that cannot be explained by any detectable abnormality) coupled with […]
