Delayed diagnosis of IBS affects sufferer’s quality of life

A new report has revealed the extent to which Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are detected in the UK. The research questioned 1,000 IBS and IBD sufferers and found that 30% believe that their diagnosis was protracted with 44% of respondents reported that not receiving treatment quickly enough has had a negative impact on their quality of life. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common illness affecting men and women of all ages in the UK and is thought to affect up to one in five people at some point in their life, although the number