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Allergic Disease Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome
A high incidence of reported irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in people with allergies led to a study whose results were recently published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
Here are the highlights of the study conducted at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago:
- 125 adult patients were included in the study
- Those with nasal allergies were 2.67 times as likely to have IBS
- Those with eczema (sk...
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