Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common gastrointestinal diagnosis. Doctors in California noticed that the symptoms of IBS are similar to those where the small intestine gets an overgrowth of gut flora. Their study looked at whether or not gut flora overgrowth is associated with IBS. If that were so, there might be a chance that dealing with the overgrowth would reduce the symptoms of IBS.

The results showed that of 202 IBS patients, 157 (78%) had overgrowth. This showed a very strong association. They then treated the overgrowth which eliminated IBS suymptoms in just under half.

This is very helpful. If you have IBS, ask your doctor to check for gut flora overgrowth in the small intestine. If he finds it, antibiotics could take away your symptoms. For the rest of us, hypnotherapy has an 85% success rate in eliminating IBS symptoms.