Monthly Archives: April, 2022
14 Years and 15 IBS Awareness Months: Holding on to Hope 2021-2022
by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact. Nine years ago, on April 24, 2013, I wrote a post for IBS Awareness Month that began with some reflections on my personal experiences with IBS, as well as my motivations for IBS Impact. At that time, I had been living with IBS …
Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: My Perceptions and Tips On Being a Supportive Spouse
IBS Impact welcomes another guest blogger this week. Jake S. lives in the United States with his wife, who has IBS. He is an engineer and an outdoors enthusiast. He also loves smoking low FODMAP meals with her, as well as hiking and camping. He wrote this article especially for IBS Impact. We appreciate his …
Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Making Sense of Unsupportive Family and Friends and Finding Supportive Others
IBS Impact welcomes a guest poster this week. Megan S. lives in the United States with her husband. She is currently a PhD candidate in sociology and working towards the completion of her dissertation. When not focused on her research, teaching college courses, or finding camaraderie in the IBS Support (Official) Facebook group, she enjoys …
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2022
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. IBS affects, depending on the source, at least 25 million and perhaps up to 58 million women, men and children in the United States and anywhere from 9-23% of the population in different countries on every continent of the world. In the U.S, this prevalence exceeds that of …
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