
It has caused a great deal of debate in the medical community, but while some GPs imply sufferers are a bunch of malingerers or hypochondriacs, it is a very real and very miserable condition.
Symptoms – tending to first appear when patients are in their early 20s to 30s – include bloating, cramps, heartburn and endless embarrassing or uncomfortable situations.
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