Irritable bowel syndrome is a common functional bowel disease characterized by abdominal pain or abdominal discomfort with changes in bowel habits without organic lesions. The symptoms are: 1, abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort: the location of abdominal pain may be uncertain, or may often be fixed in one location, pain can be colic, dull pain, vague pain, etc. vary, the duration is variable, can be relieved by defecation exhaust. Some foods can trigger pain such as coarse fiber foods, cold foods, and spicy and sour foods, but abdominal pain is generally not gradually aggravated, sometimes light and heavy recurring, and not during sleep, not the case of waking up in the middle of the night pain.
2, diarrhea or unformed stool: long after meals, especially after breakfast, many bowel movements, can also occur at other times, but does not occur at night. The number of bowel movements is high but the amount is small each time, and the total amount exceeds the normal range. Sometimes 1-2 stools but not formed. Diarrhea or unformed stools sometimes alternate with normal stools or constipation.
3.Constipation: 1-2 bowel movements per week or occasionally once every ten days or more, more intermittent in the early stage, and medication is required for late sustainability.
4, abnormal defecation process: patients have difficulty in defecation, a sense of incomplete defecation or urgent defecation 5, mucus stool: the stool often has a small amount of mucus, occasionally a large amount of mucus discharge 6, abdominal distension: obvious during the day, reduced after sleep at night, generally abdominal circumference does not increase.
The above are the main symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, its exact cause is still unclear, most studies believe that it is related to emotional stress, environmental changes, mental abnormalities, diet, intestinal flora dysbiosis, intestinal hormones and genetics, its treatment also needs to be individualized and comprehensive treatment, so friends with the above symptoms are recommended to seek timely and correct treatment.