These are the signs that indicate that you have IBS:
Recurrent abdominal discomfort:
Colicky or cramping pain is felt in the lower abdomen. This pain is usually relieved by defecation.
Abdominal Bloating:
Present throughout the day
Variable Bowel Habit:
Patients sometimes present with predominantly diarrhea or predominately constipation or alternate between episodes of diarrhea and constipation.
Constipation:
Patients tend to pass infrequent pellety stools in association with abdominal pain or proctalgia.
Diarrhea:
Patients with diarrhea have frequent defecation-producing low-volume stool and no nocturnal symptoms. Stools are in the form of pellets or ribbon-like.
Mucus in stool:
The passage of mucus is there but no rectal bleeding.
Food intolerance:
There are certain foods that start triggering symptoms of IBS. These include gas-producing foods, gluten, lactose, etc.
Urine:
There is a frequent urge to urinate, sudden urges, or feeling like the bladder is not emptied completely.
Anxiety:
Anxiety and IBS are often related and coexist.
Flatulency:
Alteration in digestion often leads to more gas production in the gut and leads to the accumulation of gas in the abdomen.
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