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IBS-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). See detailed information below for a list of 8 causes of IBS-like symptoms, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for IBS-like symptoms may include these symptoms:
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Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, ...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance. The digestive system contains a variety of ...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact,...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »
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The list below shows some of the causes of IBS-like symptoms mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of IBS-like symptoms. Of the 8 causes of IBS-like symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'IBS-like symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Subtypes of IBS-like symptoms:
Acute ibs-like abdominal pain (12 causes), Acute ibs-like diarrhea (13 causes), Acute ibs-like symptoms (19 causes), Arthralgia similar to that in Inflammatory bowel disease (21 causes), Arthropathies similar to that in inflammatory bowel disease (11 causes), Chronic ibs-like abdominal pain (17 causes), Chronic ibs-like diarrhea (13 causes), Chronic ibs-like symptoms (27 causes), Constant Lower abdominal pain similar to inflammatory bowel disease (19 causes), Erythema nodosum as seen in inflammatory bowel disease (14 causes), IBS-like diarrhea (23 causes), Intermittent ibs-like abdominal pain (9 causes), Intermittent ibs-like diarrhea (8 causes), Intermittent ibs-like symptoms (17 causes), Mild ibs-like abdominal pain (9 causes), Mild ibs-like diarrhea (10 causes), Mild ibs-like symptoms (15 causes), Recurring ibs-like abdominal pain (10 causes), Recurring ibs-like diarrhea (14 causes), Recurring ibs-like symptoms (27 causes), Severe ibs-like abdominal pain (17 causes), Severe ibs-like diarrhoea (23 causes), Severe ibs-like symptoms (27 causes), Ibd-like symptoms (27 causes), Recurring ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes), Severe ibd-like symptoms (27 causes), Acute ibd-like symptoms (11 causes), Severe ibd-like abdominal pain (17 causes), Acute ibd-like abdominal pain (14 causes), Chronic ibd-like symptoms (27 causes), Chronic ibd-like abdominal pain (17 causes), Intermittent ibd-like symptoms (12 causes), Intermittent ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes), Recurring ibd-like diarrhea (13 causes), IBD-like abdominal pain (17 causes), Mild ibd-like symptoms (13 causes), Mild ibd-like abdominal pain (13 causes), Severe ibd-like diarrhea (23 causes), Acute ibd-like diarrhea (12 causes), Chronic ibd-like diarrhea (16 causes), Abdominal pain similar to Inflammatory bowel disease (19 causes), Intermittent ibd-like diarrhea (14 causes), Mild ibd-like diarrhea (13 causes), Recurring ibd-like symptoms (18 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with IBS-like symptoms:
Stool symptoms (2508 causes), Defecation symptoms (2383 causes), Intestinal symptoms (5299 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes), Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes), Digestive system symptoms (5299 causes), IBD-like symptoms (27 causes), Bowel problems (2509 causes)
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