Does ibs cause abdominial pain and going 16 times a day.-best answer wins?!
Question: Does ibs cause abdominial pain and going 16 times a day!.-best answer wins!?
i have had abdominal pain all day and wen to the bathroom 16 times today!. i do this alot!. my dr is checking me for crohns/colitis!. my sister is a nurse and thinks it is only ibs!. i also have hot flashes, fevers, night sweats, etc!. i had an anal fissure when i was younger and my bowels didnt form untili was four!. is this more than ibs!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain or discomfort associated with changes in bowel habits in the absence of any structural abnormality!. Colonic hypersensitivity is a sensitive but less specific sign of Irritable Bowel Syndrome!. Depending on the kind of discomfort and bowel habits, IBS is also known as spastic colon, and can be subclassified into diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), constipation-predominant (IBS-C) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome with alternating stool pattern (IBS-A)!. Typical is the overlap of Irritable Bowel Syndrome with chronic pelvic pain (this is probably due to misdiagnosis by the gynaecologist), fibromyalgia and mental disorder!.
According to the Rome II consensus conference of the American Gastroenterological Association and international medical societies on functional bowel disorders, the diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be made when the following criteria are fulfilled: At least 12 weeks, which need not be consecutive, in the preceding 12 months of abdominal discomfort or pain that has 2 of 3 features:
- Relieved with defecation; and/or
- Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool; and/or
- Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool!. Symptoms that cumulatively support the diagnosis of IBS
- Abnormal stool frequency (for research purposes,
According to the Rome II consensus conference of the American Gastroenterological Association and international medical societies on functional bowel disorders, the diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be made when the following criteria are fulfilled: At least 12 weeks, which need not be consecutive, in the preceding 12 months of abdominal discomfort or pain that has 2 of 3 features:
- Relieved with defecation; and/or
- Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool; and/or
- Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool!. Symptoms that cumulatively support the diagnosis of IBS
- Abnormal stool frequency (for research purposes,
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