Monthly Archives: April, 2024

16 Years and 17 IBS Awareness Months: The Work Continues 2023-2024

by Nina Pan, IBS Impact founder and primary blogger for IBS Impact. Eleven 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: Navigating IBS and a Hypersensitive Body 

by Lindsey Wondolleck IBS Impact welcomes a guest poster this week. Lindsey Wondolleck lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two young children, and their German Shepherd and cat. She has a degree in nutrition but is currently working in the insurance industry because it is a more flexible job that’s remote and can …

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April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2024

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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