Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Sherri, this is a really smart plan of attack for your son...

the one thing about IBS is that if you don't address it, the symptoms are likely to get worse instead of better, and the longer and more severe the attacks become the more likely they are to stay that way, and to keep occurring. The better control you can establish and keep, and the more stable you can keep your son, the more likely he is to stay pain-free with fewer, more minor attacks over time.

So, if he does have IBS, he is not likely to "just outgrow it" as the doc said. I've never seen a single study to support that, nor have I heard from anyone who had IBS as a child and doesn't as an adult. So that would be a dangerous assumption to make, and could really make your little boy's IBS much worse as he gets older, not better. You are really doing the right thing by addressing this now, and keeping him off the milkshakes and fructose and anything else that bothers him, so that he can stay as stable as possible. Keeping his gut calm will do much more for him than just assuming the problem will go away. Trust yourself here!

- Heather

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