IBS

• Symptomatic Treatment
• Avoid triggering foods
• Adjust fibre intake
• Antispasmodics


  Buscopan, Mebeverine and Alverine
• Some patients may want to try probiotics
• To be diagnosed, abdominal pain is relieved by defaecation and two of the following: altered passage, bloating, worse when eating, passage of mucus
• There may also be nausea, backache and bladder symptoms
• Refer children or elderly
• IBS is chronic therefore at least 6 months of symptoms
• Try testing for intolerances e.g triggered by dairy or spicy foods
• Reduce alcohol, fizzy drinks and caffeine
• Avoid sorbitol in diarrhoea and increase fibre
• Can be genetic or stress related
• Symptomatic treatment
• Try psychological treatment