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A member asked:

My mother and cousin have ibs and i have similar symptoms to them... could it be due to ibs too? is it inherited?

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Yes,it could be: IBS, and there is a genetic component to IBS

Dr Gordon and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 11/27/2017

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