I am writing this article as the No Panic helplines receive a very large number of queries about irritable bowel syndrome. I hope that this article might begin to clarify some of the issues.I suppose that one should say from the very start that irritable bowel syndrome is a umbrella term to cover a number of different conditions.
These conditions have a number of common characteristics, to which I refer below, and most forms of irritable bowel syndrome comprise both physiological and psychological components.
It is a condition that is extremely common and some medical textbooks state that about 50% of referrals to gastro-enterologists are for this condition.The main symptoms are usually abdominal pain and altered bowel habits, and
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