It’s estimated that between 10 and 15% of people in the US suffer from IBS – irritable bowel syndrome.   

People with IBS experience diarrhea, or constipation. Sometimes both! Add abdominal pain to the mix, and a range of other symptoms, and the resulting experience can range from uncomfortable and inconvenient, to debilitating.  

People have a lot of questions about IBS, and there is a lot of information out there online. Unfortunately, not all of it is rooted in facts.  

In this episode, gastroenterologist William Chey, M.D. joins us to answer the most commonly searched questions on the internet about IBS, including: 

• What causes IBS? 
• What are the symptoms of IBS? 
• How is IBS treated? 
• What is “leaky gut” and is there a link between IBS and “leaky gut”? 
• What is the difference between IBS and IBD? 
• What is your gut microbiome, and what does it have to do with IBS? 

You can find the episode transcript here.

The Michigan Answers podcast is hosted by Preeti Malani, M.D, M.S.J., Chief Health Officer at the University of Michigan and an internal medicine physician at Michigan Medicine. For more answers to some of the top searched questions on the internet, visit our website at MichiganAnswers.com.

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