Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: help with strange condition

It is well documented that IBS can co-exist with other syndromes such as chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia that exhibit non-gi symptoms that can wax and wane. These symptoms include most of the symptoms you described. The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders has prepared an excellent overview article titled IBS � Beyond the Bowel: The Meaning of Co-existing Medical Problems that will give you an overview.

The only overall commonality between the non-gi symptoms, IBS and the other syndromes is that that they are non-specific. In other words, they are not clear symptoms of any identifiable disease processes or diagnosable disorders. The symptoms that are most common among IBS patients are generally those that are also common in the general healthy population � they just tend to occur at a higher level in people with IBS.

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