A member asked:

I have ibs. sometimes it's accompanied with nausea, lower abdomen aches, and malaise that dissipates after i "go." is this normal?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Maybe IBS, but...: The GI tract has a very limited # of symptoms to signal its distress--nausea/vomiting, diarrhea/constipation, bloating, pain, fullness, bleeding, etc. As you know, many of these characterize ibs, but are also seen with inflammatory, infectious, ischemic, malabsorptive, and functional disorders. Directed lab work, imaging, biopsies, stool studies are appropriate in excluding non-ibs pathology.

Answered 6/10/2014

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