Common Comorbidities Occur Close to IBS Diagnosis Related problems are heterogeneous and should be addressed at start of treatment

"We found that IBS constipation-predominant patients have an increase in symptoms and infections in the urinary tract and genitals, while IBS diarrhea-predominant patients have an increase in psychological conditions such as anxiety disorders," said Egbert Clevers, PhD, from the Translational Research Centre for Gastrointestinal Disorders at the University of Leuven in Belgium, who led the study reported in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Furthermore, the comorbid symptoms were incident in the years around IBS diagnosis, with incidence highest in the same year, and did not structurally precede or follow the IBS diagnosis. https://www.medpagetoday.com/gastroenterology/irritablebowelsyndrome/72848?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2018-05-14&eun=g721819d0r&pos=0&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%202018-05-14&utm_term=Daily%20Headlines%20-%20Active%20User%20-%20180%20days