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Visits to your healthcare provider can be stressful.  Using a personal diary or a patient worksheet can help your time spent together more effective. During your healthcare provider visit you will want to know what is wrong, what the healthcare provider can do to treat it, and what you can do to better manage it. […]

The first step in making diagnosing IBS is for the healthcare provider to identify if an individual has symptoms of IBS.  Originally, the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) was thought to be a “diagnosis of exclusion”.  This implies that the diagnosis of IBS was valid only if other disorders that may be causing symptoms […]

Jump to Topic IBS Patients’ Experience and Unmet Needs Living with IBS can be difficult. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and unpredictable condition. Symptoms that change over time and are hard to talk about add to the challenge of living with it. IBS affects not only each of us who suffers, but also […]

Functional GI and motility disorders, such as functional abdominal pain syndrome or irritable bowel syndrome, are chronic conditions. They affect individuals of all ages, including kids and teens. Back-to-school time can bring up some situations that cause children and parents to feel stress or anxiety. If your child has been diagnosed with one of these […]

Introduction The structures of the pelvis go through dramatic changes during pregnancy and at the time of vaginal childbirth. The term “pelvic floor” refers to the collection of pelvic muscles that provide support to the pelvic organs, including the vagina (sometimes called the birth canal), the urinary bladder, and the rectum (which leads to the […]

What Does IBS Mean Irritable bowel syndrome is a disturbance of bowel function that includes symptoms of abdominal pain or discomfort and altered bowel habit (change in frequency or consistency) – chronic or recurrent diarrhea, constipation, or both in alternation. IBS comprises a group of functional bowel disorders. “Irritable Bowel” refers to a disturbance in the […]