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Are there any bowel problems worse than ibs?
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Many: While ibs can be very discouraging it is mainly a nuisance in most patients. It rarely leads to hospitalization or surgery. In contrast, inflammatory bowel disease (ibd: crohn's disease and chronic ulcerative colitis) often need multiple hospital visits and intestinal operations just to manage complications. Then there are all the bowel cancers...
Answered 4/13/2014
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