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Irritable Bowel syndrome

Background

Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS) is a painful and disabling abdominal illness, characterised by frequent attacks of abdominal pain or discomfort associated with disturbances in defecation which might be either constipation, diarrhoea or a combination of the two.

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