Clinical tips: Irritable bowel syndrome

There are many approaches to managing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), writes Louis Roller Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects the colon (large bowel), and although it is not dangerous, it can be very uncomfortable. Symptoms of IBS include abdominal pain, a bloated stomach and irregular bowel habits including chronic diarrhoea or constipation, or alternating diarrhoea and