Digestive System Interesting Post

I'm doing my interesting post on IBS ( Irritable Bowel Syndrome) This is the first I have ever heard of this syndrome which is why it caught my attention.

IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder meaning tht the symptoms are caused by the changes in the GI tract. IBS is not a disease but a group of symptoms that occur that the same time. For this name, IBS was called colitis, mucous colitis, spastic colon, nervous colon, and spastic bowel. You are diagnosed with IBS when you feel abdominal pain/discomfort, three times a month for a duration of three months without any other disease or injury.reserchers have said IBS may be leading with physcial and mental health problems. Other symptoms may include:

• diarrhea—having loose, watery stools three or more times a day and feeling urgency to have a bowel movement.
• constipation—having fewer than three bowel movements a week. During a bowel movement, stools can be hard, dry, and small, making them difficult to pass. Some people find it painful and often have to strain to have a bowel movement.
• feeling that a bowel movement is incomplete.
• passing mucus—a clear liquid made by the intestines that coats and protects tissues in the GI tract.
• abdominal bloating.

IBS is classified into four different categories:

• IBS with constipation (IBS-C)
  • hard or lumpy stools at least 25 percent of the time
  • loose or watery stools less than 25 percent of the time
• IBS with diarrhea (IBS-D)
  • loose or watery stools at least 25 percent of the time
  • hard or lumpy stools less than 25 percent of the time
• Mixed IBS (IBS-M)
  • hard or lumpy stools at least 25 percent of the time
  • loose or watery stools at least 25 percent of the time
• Unsubtyped IBS (IBS-U)
• hard or lumpy stools less than 25 percent of the time
• loose or watery stools less than 25 percent of the time

A series of tests can show if you have IBS such as stool test, lower GI series, and Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. IBS does not have a cure but symptoms have can be treated with change in diet, medications, probiotics and therapies for mental health problems.