IBS

Question 1

diagnosis

Answer 1

preceding 12 mon, 12 consecutive weeks of abdo pain or discomfort with 2/3:

• relieved by defacation
• onset associated with a change in frequency of stool
• onset associated with a change in form of stool

Question 2

symptoms

Answer 2

bloating
mucus passage
stool passage symptoms - tenesmus, feelings of incomplete evacuation)
associated gynaecological symptoms (dysmenorrhoea/dyspareunia), urinary symptoms or back pain