IBSexplained

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, explained properly

You've been told you've got IBS. What you haven't been told is what that means, what helps, and what to do next. This site is for that.

Everything here is written in plain English for the UK, with every claim linked to where it came from so you can check it. There are no adverts, and nothing to buy.

Kathryn Dunn

Kathryn Dunn is a cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist specialising in gut-directed hypnotherapy. Based in York, working online across the UK.

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Where do you want to start?

What IBS is What the diagnosis means, how a doctor arrives at it, and the symptoms that aren't IBS and need a doctor now. Your gut and your brain Why stress reaches your stomach before it reaches anywhere else, and why that's physiology rather than imagination. Treatment options Every option with the same honest page: what it is, what the research found, who it suits, and what the guidelines say. Living with it Work, eating out, travel, sleep, and the mental side nobody puts on the leaflet. Getting help in the UK The NHS route, going private, what to ask your GP, and where the charities come in.

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Every page shows who wrote it, when it was last checked, and where the facts came from. Where the research is thin, the page says so. The person who writes it earns her living from one of the treatments described here, and the site says that plainly rather than hoping you won't notice. How this site is written and checked.

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IBS Explained is written and maintained by Kathryn Dunn. It's information, not medical advice. It works alongside the care you get from your GP, not instead of it. Please see your GP about any new or changing symptoms.