Food intolerances: Symptoms of food intolerance can include diarrhea, abdominal cramping, gas, other.Wheat intolerance can be a sign of celiac sprue;if other wheat or rye or barley products do same,evaluation worthwhile since avoidance of gluten would be important (BUT, diet is too limiting if not sprue),and followup. Lactose intolerance is common; lactase pills prior to dairy, or avoidance needed.IBS is not caught.
Answered 9/18/2014
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No.: You can't give yourself IBS, as far as we know. It's a condition like any other that you can just have. That being said, some foods and drinks might exacerbate your symptoms of such.
Answered 8/4/2017
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