Bad Bowels - IBS versus IBD

	IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome	IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Physical changes	Can be seen Physical Syndrome	Cannot be seen Functional Disease
	usually steady one or the other diarrhea or constipation	alternating between diarrhea and constipation
Age	young people	young people
Features: Pain location	Syndrome Crohn's often right side Ulcerative often left side IBS Irratable Syndrome stress Foods muscles infections hormones immune sys Physical	Disease Both sides IBD Functional Disease fever Foods blood ulcers fatigue bleeding cramping infections immune sys Functional
Progress	not changing	gets worse over time