Alarmed by the color and frequency of the blood in her stool, Mahon was referred to a GI doctor who initially thought she had an autoimmune disease. “Once I got the colonoscopy, she told me that she ...

For some patients IBS alternates between constipation IBS-C and diarrhoea IBS-D a subtype known as IBS-M mixed This dual ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition that affects the functioning of the digestive system, especially the ...

As it turns out, one stool shape change can be a sign of bowel health issues, particularly if it persists for weeks.

A bride was horrified to discover she had bowel cancer on her wedding day - despite claiming doctors 'fobbed her off' as ...

Fizzy water might aid weight loss by boosting blood glucose uptake and metabolism—the rate at which the body uses and converts energy—but the effects are so small, drinking it can't be relied ...

An NHS spokesperson explained: "The kit, known as the faecal immunochemical test (FIT), checks for blood in a small stool ...

IBS-D is associated with frequent diarrhea. On days when symptoms are active, at least 25% of stools will be loose or watery, while fewer than 25% will be hard or lumpy. Other common symptoms of ...

Two hundred and twenty six of these patients were diagnosed with IBS using the Rome III criteria and had no alarm symptoms, no chronic disease history and had macroscopically normal colonoscopy ...

While IBS-C is characterised by mostly constipation symptoms like hard or lumpy stools, IBS-D can be identified by mostly loose or watery stools. In this article, we discuss the latter—irritable ...

This condition often arises with liver cirrhosis. If bleeding occurs, the blood can move through the digestive system and show up as black stool. Those with liver issues should be alert to changes ...