Originally Posted by mikesinner

IBS is more like a stomach issue due to bad diet. IBD is something far worse. It's one of those fucked up scientific naming mistakes that happened before people new about Crohn's/Colitis.

I got it at 24 and have been leaning to the combo genetic and bad antibiotic drugs for my particular biology. In other words you are genetically predisposed to getting it but it doesn't show up until beneficial bacteria in your gut get killed off by some type of drug or diet issue. Once these gut bacteria are gone you can't get them back however.

But I can also see that there might be a brain-gut relationship in that stress makes it worse.

From my research I don't see a cure in the next 10 years but I'm hoping for better symptom management medicine.