Pain in the abdomen – this can range from mild pain to a quite severe pain. This particular ibs symptom can often be triggered by some types of food or stress, and can sometimes be relieved when you to defecate.

A sudden change in the frequency of your bowel movements – This irritable bowel syndrome symptom could either be a decrease or increase in bowel movements.

Diarrhoea and/or constipation – You can find yourself with one or the other, or even both, as these symptoms do, with some types of ibs tend to alternate – this can be particularly hard to deal with.

Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea – people that suffer with this type of ibs will often need to hurry when they have defecate and will experience some urgency. This can be a very inconvenient symptom, Read the full story