First Diagnosis Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IBS - What is it?
First, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, is not IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). To learn the different between these two different diseases with similar acronyms you can read my April 13, 2009 Sharepost here.
This blog will discuss what IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome - is.
In clinical terms, IBS is a functional bowel disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The GI tract includes your mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, gallbladder, and anus. So, the problems associ...
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