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| Most of these terms are inaccurate. Ordinary events such as eating and distention from gas or other material in the colon can cause the colon to overreact in a person with IBS, or certain medicines and foods may trigger spasms. Chocolate, milk products and large amounts of alcohol are frequent offenders. Causes & Development Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles think they may have identified the cause of this mysterious and very common condition, and found an effective way to treat it. Tests at the end of that time found that 25 of 47 patients had no bacterial overgrowth present, and that 12 of them had no IBS symptoms, while the symptoms were "significantly reduced" in the other 13. The symptoms were also reduced in the patients in which some SIBO was still detected, suggesting that if treatment had been continued until it was completely eliminated, perhaps with an alternative antibiotic, better results would have been obtained. Signs & Symptoms Bleeding, fever, weight loss, and persistent severe pain are not symptoms of IBS but may indicate other problems. No link has been established between IBS and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. |
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