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Overview


Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), also known as spastic colon, is a digestive system disorder that presents as abdominal pain, bloating, cramping, excess mucus in stools, diarrhea, and constipation. It occurs mainly in the daytime and not during sleep, although in some patients the need to defecate may awaken them early in the morning.



Irritable bowel syndrome usually begins in the first three decades of life and may affect up to one-quarter of the population in industrialized...Read the full article