IBS Patient Information
About Your Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Best IBS information including the four different types of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Have you got an Irritable Bowel?
Your doctor probably gave you some information, but we would like to provide you with more detail about this as there are some important points of IBS patient information you need to know.
As you read through the information, go to the links if you would like more details on any particular subject. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a chronic condition.
Symptoms are usually present to some extent most of the time and are unlikely to fully resolve, although with lifestyle changes, diet changes and other interventions you are likely to experience a significant improvement in your symptoms.
For example, a change in diet can improve symptoms in up to 70% of sufferers! What you need to knowThere are 4 main types:
IBS-D
– This is the abbreviation for Diarrhea-Predominant where Diarrhea is the main symptom.
IBS-C
– This is the abbreviation for Constipation-Predominant where
Constipation
is the main symptom.
IBS-A – This is the abbreviation for Alternating Constipation and Diarrhea.
IBS-PI – This is the abbreviation for Post Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome which can occur after a bout of gastroenteritis and can have symptoms incorporating any of the above.
These will be discussed in more detail on other web pages within this site or click on the links if you want more information directly.
There are other IBS symptoms that can occur with the condition so I strongly believe that it should be thought of as a multisystem disorder. These may include
tiredness
, headache, nausea,
indigestion symptoms
, wind and
bloating
, muscle fatigue, urine frequency,
physical symptoms of anxiety attacks
or anxiety and can even be influenced by hormonal changes that occur, particularly around the time of a womans period. How common is the condition?It is a very COMMON disorder so you are not alone! You are likely to have friends and family with the condition.
In fact in the UK, 1 in 5 people have it and this is similar in the USA. So, it really is common, but Symptoms do vary so not everyone seeks help particularly when in its mildest form.
Some sufferers don't like to talk about it either through fear or stigma. I hope this IBS patient information website will help break through this barrier as I really believe that talking about your symptoms is a therapy in its own right and keeping them bottled up just makes the symptoms worse.
This web site will help you to start talking about your symptoms through the unique forums found at the bottom of most web pages on this site. So start talking about it now with other sufferers, family and friends. After all, I do this every day!
Who develops the condition?"So who gets Irritable Bowel Syndrome?" Well the answer is we all can! It is no respecter of sex or age.
Women are twice as likely to get the condition as men and most commonly in people between the ages of 20 and 40 years old.
If over 45, with new onset of diarrhea, constipation or
abdominal pain symptoms
then it is important to have these symptoms investigated further as similar features can occur in other bowel diseases (such as inflammatory bowel disease and
coeliac disease symptoms
) as well as
colon cancer symptoms
. So if you know someone in this group ask them to get it investigated!How is the condition diagnosed?Doctors diagnose the disorder through the pattern of symptoms a sufferer presents with. There is no diagnostic test, but an internationally agreed criteria is used to make the diagnosis, called the Rome III criteria. The 'triad' of change in bowel habit (diarrhea, constipation), wind (
bloating
or swelling of the abdomen) and abdominal pain or
colon spasms
are integral in the diagnosis and you can read more about the Rome III criteria by clicking on the link and this will take you to their website.
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