Top 5 IBS Red Flags Patients Ignore

I want to preface this by saying a majority of people with IBS aren’t ignoring warning signs because they’re careless. They’re ignoring them because they’ve been told everything is fine. Normal colonoscopy. Normal bloods. Here’s a food list. Off you go. And then years pass, and they’re still planning their days around the nearest bathroom. Below, I walk through five red flags that IBS patients, and honestly a lot of GPs, commonly miss. Many of these are signs that your current plan isn’t good enough, and what you can do about it. Here’s a video we made; there is also a written version underneath. Red Flag 1: Your Symptoms Are Changing or Getting Worse IBS tends to be variable, but most people develop a sense of their pattern over time. If your symptoms have genuinely shifted — new kinds of... [Discover More...]

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