Monthly Archives: April, 2023

15 Years and 16 IBS Awareness Months: Step By Step 2022-2023

by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact. Ten 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 …

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Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: A Bit of Hope

IBS Impact welcomes a new guest blogger this week. Billy Robinson lives in the UK and has suffered with IBS since he was a teenager. Now in his 30s, Billy has received treatment for IBS in the UK, Europe & Australia. Billy has learned to embrace being stuck a home with IBS, by enjoying hobbies …

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April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2023

April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. IBS affects, depending on the source, anywhere from 5-15% of the population in different countries on every continent of the world. In the U.S, this prevalence exceeds that of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, asthma, adults with chronic heart disease, and, by far, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with which …

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