This month is IBS awareness month. April is the month to encourage people who have IBS symptoms to seek medical help.

Given that up to 23% of people in the world suffer from IBS a lot of us will either be sufferers ourselves or know someone that suffers. Statistics show that IBS affects twice as many women than men. The cause of IBS is not clear. However, many people attribute worsened symptoms of IBS to stress. IBS is understood to be a sensitivity of the whole gut intensified by emotional tension.

There is a lot of stigma surrounding IBS as a condition. Often suffers feel embarrassed to talk about how it is affecting them. This awareness month gives us an opportunity to talk about it.

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