I am writing this on behalf of my mother who is in her seventies. She recently had a really bad virus, taking quite a lot of medicine for her cough and not eating a great deal. Since recovering her reflux is much worse and she has been troubled by spasm of the bowel and gas. I am a woman in her forties and have had IBS since I was 12 and my aunt is also a sufferer. We wondered if this is the onset of IBS for my mother and wondered if anyone had experienced a similar problem and how long it took them to return to normal? and if the IBS became a reoccuring problem.Thank You