Abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhoea or constipation or both. If you often experience instances when your bowel system seems to go haywire ever since you entered adulthood, you may be suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), which affects approxmiately 10-20% of the general population.


IBS is characterized by frequent stomach cramps, gas, and diarrhoea or constipation or both.

What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome is a problem that affects mainly the colon (the large intestine). IBS is classified as a syndrome because it is characterized by a group of symptoms, such as cramping, bloating, gas, diarrhoea, and constipation.