Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS affects between 9% and 23% of the global population, accounts for around 12% of visits to primary care physicians and is the most commonly diagnosed condition in gastroenterology clinics. People are most likely to develop IBS symptoms before the age of 50. Irritable Bowel Syndrome is also referred to as nervous colon, irritable colon, spastic colitis and mucous colitis. Although IBS is not a life-threatening condition and it doesn’t increase a patient’s risk of developing colon cancer, ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease, it is a chr ...   read more