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BPS and associated diseases: literature on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and BPS

relationship between IBS and allergy

Atopic irritable bowel syndrome: a novel subgroup of irritable bowel syndrome with allergic manifestations.
Tobin MC, Moparty B, Farhadi A et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2008;100:49-53
• the likelihood of IBS was significantly higher in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis (2.67times), allergic eczema (3.85 times) and with depression (2.56 times)