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What is the difference between IBS and inflammatory Bowel Disease?

April 26, 2017difference IBS inflammatory bowel disease

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What is the difference between IBS and inflammatory Bowel Disease?

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a benign condition. It does not lead to any serious illness. The diagnosis is made by excluding any serious diseases. On the other hand Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a serious illness. It is the name for a group of conditions that result in the gut becoming inflamed. This group includes Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. With these conditions, you can have abdominal pain, diarrhoea, weight loss and bleeding from the anus. There are about 600,000 patients in USA with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.