With IBS, there are no changes inside the colon that could be detected by a colonoscopy. The American College of ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(10):1623-1628. Conclusion: Regarding colonoscopy-related suffering, IBS patients showed significant differences from non-IBS patients. CO 2 insufflation in ...

Akbar et al. collected colon biopsy samples from 23 patients with IBS (20 females) and 22 controls (15 females). Of the patients with IBS, 8 had diarrhea-predominant, 8 constipation-predominant ...

A pilot study was conducted to estimate the sample size: Scores of colonoscopy-related abdominal distension were 5.0 ± 2.2 in IBS patients with air insufflation, 1.3 ± 2.0 in IBS patients with ...

A woman diagnosed with a hard-to-detect cancer shared the key symptoms she experienced as cases soar among young people.

Mr Finnie said his doctor was baffled and eventually he was sent for a colonoscopy. To his relief, any form of cancer was ruled out and he was told he had IBS. But, he said, he was told he needed ...

We're not really sure what causes IBS. There are some theories. It may be that it's at the level of the gut, so a spastic colon, or maybe the nerves to the gut are hypersensitive. It may be that ...

In the past three decades, research has consistently found rising rates of colon cancer and related ... inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel syndrome. "It is very clear that signs ...