What are some of the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

There are many different ways that irritable bowel syndrome has been called many different names:

• functional bowel syndrome
• spastic bowel
• spastic colon
• irritable colon
• mucous colitis
• colitis

So what exactly is irritable bowel syndrome?

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common disorder of the intestines.  Some of the symptoms of IBS can lead to to having crampy pains, gas, bloating and basic changes in our bowel habits.  There are some people who have IBS that have constipation ( basically this is having difficult or infrequent bowel movements).  There are other people who have diarrhea ( loose stools or an urgent need to have a bowel movement), and then there are some people who experience all of these.  There are some people who have IBS that had the urge to have a bowel movement and then can’t.

Sometimes things are inaccurate

Most of the terms that are listed above are somewhat inaccurate.  For example colitis,is the inflammation of the large intestine (colon).  IBS on the other hand does not cause and inflammation and should not be confused with ulcerative colitis, which is even a more serious disorder.

In people with IBS, the intestines want to squeeze too hard or sometimes not hard enough.  This causes the food to either move likely or too slowly.  Irritable bowel syndrome usually starts at around age 20 and is more common in women.

Some other symptoms of IBS

Many people that have IBS will find that eating will prompt a symptom of abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea.  To help solve this problem making changes in your diet can provide some relief.  Another symptom can include bloating, mucus in stools or even a sense that you have not completely emptied your bowels.

As you can see irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is very serious.  In other articles we will talk more about some of these solutions for IBS which having a colon cleanse or body detoxification can sometimes provide relief for people suffering this disease.