Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Multiple Approaches to Relief

This article is taken from the monthly Sciences et Avenir n°940, dated June 2025.

On the one hand, there are a large number of patients expressing frequent complaints. On the other hand, there are doctors who, following the consistently negative test reports, assure that"there is nothing" , that " it's not serious  " and that "It's in the head ". This is how the world of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or functional colopathy turns. The result: patients lacking listening and empathy, tossed between medical nomadism and diagnostic wandering, with serious repercussions on their quality of life. One in four patients is thus affected by a severe form.