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One thought, when I was referred to the IBS specialist, they tried to pinpoint a reason for my IBS. After a few questions, they told me it was down to stress because I was very unhappy with my life. I just wondered if anyone else knew of a reason as to why they have IBS. I read on the site that it is to do with a brain-gut dysfunction, so are we born with that or can it develop due to stress?

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I am sorry to say that many GPs and GIs doctors make the ignorant comment that suggests stress is the cause of IBS. It isn't!

There isn't a known cause of IBS. In some instances IBS occurs following an GI infection in other instances it doesn't. Some people suffer from birth or infancy and others don't experience the onset until later in life. The brain-gut dysfunction is merely a hypothesis at this point.

IBS is a mystery syndrome waiting to be solved.

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