IBS Symptoms - Causes and Red Flags to be properly diagnosed with IBS

This Video talks about the importance of IBS symptoms, causes and red flags that people should look out for to be properly diagnosed with IBS
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Hi, I’m Dr. LeGrand and in this video, I am going to talk about Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms aka IBS symptoms. I will also talk about causes of IBS. I am Naturopathic Family Doctor that sees patients with IBS on regular bases and think it’s important for people to understand the symptoms to be properly treated. I will talk about 5 different IBS symptoms, common IBS causes and then towards the end of this video I will talk about the red flags that you should look out for if you think you have IBS.
IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a disorder that affects the Large intestine
The IBS symptoms that patients will get are:
#1 Is that you can have abdominal discomfort, which varies considerably but is steady or cramping in nature, and relieved by defecation or painful defecation.
#2 You will have alterations in stool frequency
#3 You can alternate between constipation and diarrhea.
#4 It is very common to have abnormal stool passage such as mucus and feeling of incomplete evacuation
#5 Which is almost always associated with IBS is bloating or abdominal distention.
Patients will be diagnosed with IBS if they fall under the ROME II Criteria which is:
At least having recurrent abdominal pain on average ≥ 1 day per week in past 3 months with ≥ 2 of following symptoms that we just talked about
The common IBS causes are:
Psychological factors such as anxiety, depression, sexual and physical abuse and sleep disturbance can all contribute to the cause of IBS
Another is physiologic factors like altered gut motility and hypersensitivity to pain which can cause normal digestive gas to be painful for that person
There are also Environmental causes such as after exposure of intestinal viruses, bacteria or parasites.
IBS symptoms can also be associated with foods that the patient can be allergic to that will trigger the IBS symptoms, but a big portion of that problem has to do with your stress, associated with food. Now I will talk about this more in my next video.
Now Some Red flags with IBS that you need to keep in mind and need to go see your Doctor for are:
• If you have Unintentional weight loss
• Have a Fever
• If you Find Blood in the stool
• And if you have Abdominal or Rectal Masses
IBS can be complicated to diagnose but just remember the symptoms, the causes and the red flags to IBS so that you and your Doctor can treat it properly
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Reference
• Ford AC, Lacy BE, Talley NJ. Irritable Bowel Syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 29;376(26):2566-2578
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Clinical practice guideline: Irritable bowel syndrome in adults: Diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome in primary care. NICE 2015 Feb:CG61 PDF, summary can be found in BMJ 2015 Feb 25;350:h701
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