Please read this article carefully and contact your physician, pharmacist, other healthcare professional, or the Gastrointestinal Society for further help. There are treatment options available to decrease or eliminate your symptoms and improve your quality of life. You’re not alone! Many people live with this common digestive disorder. If you answered “ yes” to both questions, then you might have IBS. If you answered “ no” to either question, then it is likely that you do not have IBS however, you might still want to consult a physician if you answered “yes” to any question. Pain sometimes associated with constipation or diarrhea?.Pain associated with a change in the frequency of bowel movements?.If yes to above, have you experienced at least two of the following: Have you had abdominal pain at least one day a week during the past 3 months?Ģ.
Watch this video for some tips for using food and nutrition to help manage IBS symptoms.ġ. Here we review the different types of treatments available to those with IBS, including diet and lifestyle changes and various medications. Watch this video for a general overview of IBS. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder that affects 13-20% of Canadians.
Sometimes, IBS is confused with colitis or other inflammatory diseases of the intestinal tract, but the difference is clear – in IBS, inflammation does not seem to accompany symptoms. Over the years, some have called this collection of symptoms by many names, including mucous colitis, nervous colon, spastic colon, and irritable colon, but these are all misleading, mostly because IBS is not limited to the large intestine (colon). IBS frequently affects individuals of working age, which can lead to an increased financial burden when they are too sick to work, either by taking many sick days (absenteeism) or not being able to produce as well while at work (presenteeism). Despite this, only about 40% of those who have IBS symptoms seek help from a physician. In Canada and most Western nations, IBS seems to arise significantly more frequently in women than in men, but the reason for this remains unclear.Īlthough each person has a unique IBS experience within the range of known symptoms, this condition can significantly decrease a person’s quality of life. The lifetime risk for a Canadian to develop IBS is 30%. Studies show it could affect as many as 13-20% of Canadians at any given time. IBS can begin in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood and can resolve unexpectedly for periods throughout an individual’s lifespan, recurring at any age. It is the most common GI condition worldwide and the most frequent disorder presented by individuals consulting a gastrointestinal specialist (gastroenterologist). In IBS, the function, or movement, of the bowel is not quite right. IBS is a chronic, often debilitating, functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder with symptoms that include abdominal pain, bloating, and altered bowel behaviours, such as constipation and/or diarrhea, or alternating between the two. If you suffer from the following ongoing symptoms, you might have IBS:
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