What symptoms lead to a possible diagnosis of IBS?

What symptoms lead to a possible diagnosis of IBS?

Lin Chang (UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases) gives expert video advice on: How is IBS diagnosed?; Can my family doctor diagnose IBS or do I need to see a specialist?; What symptoms lead to a possible diagnosis of IBS? and more...

Symptoms that lead to a possible diagnosis of IBS are the symptoms that actually are used to make that diagnosis, because it's a symptom based diagnosis. So it's having chronic or recurrent dominal pain, or discomfort, or both. But the pain and discomfort has to be linked to change above habits. So diary anticipation, that's the important part in leading to a possible diagnosis of IBS, a link of pain with change of above habits.