If my IBS goes away can it come back?

If my IBS goes away can it come back?

Lin Chang (UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases) gives expert video advice on: What causes IBS?; Can stress make IBS worse?; What can I tell people who insist my IBS is 'all in your head'? and more...

If the symptoms of IBS go away, they can come back, they don't always but they can. What's interesting is they have found that if you look at more of the elderly population as we age, the incidence of IBS, or prevalence of IBS actually decreases. But I saw one study that showed that the prevalence of IBS actually decreased in women as they age, but it stayed pretty steady in men.