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The Painful Embarrassment of IBS: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

You walk doubled over as you head for the nearest public washroom. Your abdominal muscles clench up so tightly that it is impossible to straighten up. Strangers look at you and you try not to notice as the sweat starts to form on your skin and urgency threatens to explode immediately. You begin to worry that you might not make it in time. You hope there won’t be a line up and you hope that this won’t be the time a stranger will find you partially clad and passed out in a washroom floor.