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Digestive & GastrointestinalMild
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Gastroenterology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Mild
Severity
Common — affects a significant proportion of adults, more frequently women, though many cases go undiagnosed
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Gastroenterology
Specialist
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Treatment is individualised and includes dietary modification
- 2such as a low-FODMAP diet to identify and reduce trigger foods
- 3along with adequate fibre and fluid intake tailored to the predominant symptom pattern. Medications may include antispasmodics for pain
- 4laxatives or antidiarrhoeal agents depending on bowel habit
- 5and certain antidepressants at low doses to help modulate gut-brain signalling. Stress management techniques
- 6regular exercise
- 7and in some cases psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy can meaningfully reduce symptom frequency and severity.
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