What Are the Associated Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

In irritable bowel syndrome, the predominant symptom is pain or pain and abdominal bloating or distension. It's important to try to decipher what are the accompanying symptoms that may suggest there is a disturbance of bowel function. Some patients who have those types of symptoms may also have irritable bowel. And we see that maybe a third of patients with irritable bowel Syndrome also have symptoms that suggest functional dyspepsia.