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IBS

British

abbreviation

irritable bowel syndrome

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He also highlighted the need for future treatment guidelines to better address the long-term safety of medications frequently used for IBS.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

"I was told it was IBS or just a heavy period, I was told all sorts of reasons why I was in this pain," she said.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

Let’s talk about the new podcast, which introduces you as “a two-time Peabody Award winning comedian and noted IBS sufferer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

“Fecal microbial transplants” treat someone’s unhealthy gut with poop from someone else’s healthy gut, and proponents of FMT claim it can help treat everything from IBS to autism.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2024

Jumping around my room in an all-over IBS wiggly dance, feet kicking, he steps on markers.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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