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By Cathy Wong, About.com Guide to Alternative Medicine since 2000

Natural Treatments for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Tuesday August 3, 2004
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and intermittent diarrhea, which often alternates with constipation. IBS most commonly affects people between the ages of 20 and 30 and is twice as common in women as in men. IBS is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis, nervous diarrhea, nervous colon and nervous or functional bowel. Learn the latest in alternative medicine diagnosis and treatment methods for IBS using herbs, diet, and other natural remedies. Click here.

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