4. Diarrhea
If you are experiencing a general urge to defecate or any kind of difficulty with defecating, then you should consider speaking to your doctor even if you do not expect that you have IBS or any of the other diseases that can cause more or less the same thing. If you are suffering from diarrhea that seems to have no apparent cause – for example if it cannot be traced back to the food you have eaten, then it is likely that you are instead suffering from diarrhea because of different reasons.
And this reason could very well be the fact that you are suffering from IBS all along and have had no idea. Visit your doctor and mention which symptoms you have experienced so far; your doctor will be more than happy to point you in the right direction of medication that will settle your stomach: Remember that long-term untreated diarrhea can be more than just dangerous, it can be fatal to your health.