All of us experience abdominal discomfort at one time or another. Restaurants may not cook something properly or you may order something exotic that you’ve never tried before – with disastrous results. Because you love the taste, you may eat something that disagrees with you and spend the night in pain.

 

If you have loose, watery bowel movements three times per day or more, you are experiencing diarrhea. With diarrhea your stool is runny and you find yourself frequently in need of a bathroom. Diarrhea is most commonly acute, and lasts no more than a few days. If diarrhea is prolonged, and lasts more than two days, then you just might have Irritable Bowel Syndrome .

Do you go for days without a bowel movement? Is your bathroom becoming the most familiar room in your house? If you have constipation, you could spend hours just sitting in that room, often with little or no results.