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| • | Pain
described as nonradiating, intermittent, |
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| crampy
located lower abdomen |
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| • | Usually
worse 1-2 hrs after meals |
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| • | Exacerbated
by stress |
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| • | Relieved
by BM |
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| • | Does
not interrupt sleep |
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| – | critical
to diagnosis of IBS |
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