Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common reason for abdominal discomfort.

Symptoms

• Abdominal pain gets relieved after defecation

• Looser stool during pain onset

• More frequent stool at onset of pain

• Feeling of incomplete emptying

• Abdominal distension

• Mucus during rectum

Alarming features

IBS does not present with the following manifestations and is suggestive of alternate pathology

• Blood in stool

• Family history of Inflammatory bowel disease

• Fever

• Weight loss

• Chronic diarrhoea

• Progressive dysphagia

Diagnosis

Patient with IBS-specific symptoms in absence of alarming symptoms indicates IBS

Treatment

• Antispasmodics

• Antidiarrhoeal

• Antidepressants and anxiolytics

• Laxatives

• Antibiotics

Need Expert Medical Guidance for Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Consult University Gold Medalist Dr. Ankita Gupta at Gastro Liver Endoscopy Centre, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi for customized diagnostic evaluations.