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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Apr;54(4):446–453. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31823d34c3

Table 1.

Symptom Criteria for IBS in Adults [A (ref. #1)] and Children [B (ref. #2)]

  1. Recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort for at least 3 days per month in the last 3 months associated with 2 or more of the following:

    1. Improvement with defecation

    2. Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool

    3. Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool

  2. Must include all of the following:

    1. Abdominal discomfort (an uncomfortable sensation not described as pain) or pain associated with 2 or more of the following at least 25% of the time:

      1. Improved with defecation

      2. Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool

      3. Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool

    2. No evidence of an inflammatory, anatomic, metabolic, or neoplastic process that explains the subject’s symptoms