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Dr Sarmed Sami
Digestive Health UK
How long does an IBS flare up last?
Dr Sarmed Sami explains that the length of an IBS flare-up really depends on the cause of the flare-up, anywhere from a day or two to months or even years.
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Transcript
How long does an IBS flare up last really depends on the cause of the flare up. If it is something that you could identify, being an infection, or diet related, or a certain stressful event perhaps, then we can eliminate the trigger. Then it could last a day or two. If it is a more complex situation where we don't really understand what is the particular trigger of the flare up, it could last months or years. In other patients it could vary, where they have good days and bad days. So it's very, very, very variable.