SUNYAB Title
Irritable Bowel Syndrome

 

 

IBS is a common disorder of the gut involving multiple symptoms such as abdominal pain / discomfort, with one or more of the following:

   

  Diarrhea or constipation, or both  
  Urgency of bowel movement  
  Fullness or bloating  

  Feeling of incomplete elimination  
     
If you recognize these symptoms, you may be one of the 50 million Americans suffering from IBS. The type and severity of symptoms may vary greatly from patient to patient.
     
 
   
  NOT fatal and doesn't cause cancer  
  NOT an infection, food allergy, or bowel inflammation  
  NOT "all in your mind"  
  NOT curable  
  NOT something you have to live with