Irritable Bowel Syndrome Guide

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: What is IBS 1

What is IBS?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome is an illness with a collection of symptoms, the most common of these is abdominal pain. This pain is not clearly understood. Experts have difficulty explaining what exactly this pain is.

What we do know is that it can vary in intensity from mild to extremely severe. Sometimes the pain can be so severe you could pass out.

This pain can be general i.e. the pain is throughout the abdomen but can be at different areas of the abdomen at different times. Most Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients experience pains in the lower abdomen but some also experience it in the upper abdomen.

On the odd occasion the pain can be very severe and long lasting. Some of these patients are admitted into hospital with an “Acute Abdomen”, only to be discharged later when the pain miraculously disappears.

The pains of Irritable Bowel Syndrome is associated with defaecation, bloating and incomplete emptying. If you have abdominal pain and no other symptoms and you are told you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, you have every right to question the diagnosis. Remember that IBS is a syndrome and a syndrome is a collection of symptoms.

The pain can be very low down in the rectum. Fortunately this pain does not last very long and in most people go away in less than five minutes. This is called Proctalgia frugax. And is not limited to just Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Like most of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the cause of Proctalgia frugax is unknown.

Dr.Phil Hariram

www.healingibs.com

Irritable Bowel Syndrome guide.

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