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Can irritable bowel syndrome cause colon cancer?
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Depends: Except many of the symptoms of IBS could actually be indicative of a colon cancer and many dietary irregularities associated with IBS can themselves increase your risk for colon cacner development. Ibs should be a diagnosis of excluding more serious diagnoses.
Answered 1/28/2020
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No: While people who suffer from ibs can develop colon cancer overtime, there is no solid evidence that ibs causes colon ca. Many diseases can co-exist and not have a chicken/egg relationship.
Answered 12/26/2018
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