Meet Rome IV criteria for IBS-D for the past 3 months: | |
- Recurrent abdominal pain at least weekly | |
- Pain is associated with two or more of the following; related to defaecation, associated with a change in frequency of stool, associated with a change in form of stool | |
- Symptoms onset at least 6 months prior to diagnosis | |
- Abnormal stools are loose (BSFS 6 or 7) in > 25% of cases but are hard (BSFS 1 or 2) in < 25% of cases |