Frequently Asked Questions Options

[Jeffrey Roberts]

What symptoms are common for IBS? http://www.ibsgroup.org/symptoms

What are the common medical tests? http://www.ibsgroup.org/tests

What is the diagnostic criteria for IBS? http://www.ibsgroup.org/diagnosis

What clinical based treatments exist? http://www.ibsgroup.org/treatment

What medications are used? http://www.ibsgroup.org/medications

Are their research studies which I can become involved? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showforum=53

Are there any current news stories? http://www.ibsgroup.org/news and a real-time newsfeed forum, http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showforum=63

What books do you recommend? http://www.ibsgroup.org/books

Do you have any brochures? http://www.ibsgroup.org/ibsbrochures

Do you have any web resources (links)? http://www.ibsgroup.org/links

Can you recommend a doctor in my area? No we cannot; however, we recommend this resource for you to do some of your own research, http://ibs.about.com/b/2009/03/27/online-p...ating-sites.htm

Can we follow you on Facebook or Twitter? Yes. Our Facebook page is located at http://www.facebook.com/ibsgroup . You can follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ibsgroup .

Is there a glossary of terms? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=96182

Is there an IBS-A or IBS-PI forum? Although both IBS-A and IBS-PI are now medically designated as such, we have found that most information about these two diagnoses and treatment overlap with the well established IBS-D and IBS-C forums. Please visit either of these forums to look for answers or to ask questions.

Are there any support group or meetups in my area? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showforum=11

Can I start or read someone's blog? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?automodule=blog

Do you have a chat board? http://www.ibsgroup.org/ibschat

I don't want to post my personal information is there another way I can contact someone? http://www.ibsgroup.org/ibspenpals

How do I search the forums? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?act=Search

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Can I sponsor this website? http://www.ibsgroup.org/sponsor

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Can you help me with a technical problem accessing this site? http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/index.php?showforum=68 or use our Contact page.

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