Question for all : How many of you, had an acute gastroenteritis before the IBS started ? I have read a study that connects cases of acute gastroenteritis and post-infectious bowel changes, due to a toxin, common to all pathogens causing gastroenteritis. The link is here...

Hi, I'm new to the group. I got diagnosed with IBS about 8 years ago, which I had been able to control successfully until I got a nasty bout of Viral Gastroenteritis 6 weeks ago. I felt dreadful,constant diarhea, nausea,shaking,lack of energy, weight loss,burning skin, and dreadful anxiety...

Hi there! I would like to share my story in hope that any of you readers out there can help me to better understand and cope with IBS. In April 2013 I was in a fair in Germany, ate an hamburger and got a nasty gastroenteritis like never before. I spent the night vomiting and having diarrhea...

Hi there, 3 months ago I got a severe gastroenteritis after a night out eating sushi. I had diarrhea, low fever and felt sick for a few weeks. Right now I feel much better but I still feel a burning sensation in my lower abdomen. I don't have diarrhea anymore but my fecies sometimes tend to...

I wasn't sure where to post this but after two weeks of this illness there comes a point where it just gets too much. 16 December at work I started with tummy cramps, by the time I got home horrendous diahorrea. Saturday night I called NHS direct who suspected Norovirus. By Monday nothing had...