Condition Overview

Irritable bowel syndrome is a very common condition. It is a syndrome, so it consists of a constellation of symptoms: abdominal pain or discomfort, the change in bowel habits (so either diarrhea or constipation or alternating between the two) and typically patients have improvement in their pain or discomfort after a bowel movement. Other typical symptoms that we see a lot in patients with IBS are bloating and discomfort.