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Posted 9/9/2016 10:59 PM (GMT -7)
I have 7 kids and 4 of them have irritable bowel syndrome. I wondered if anyone knew if you could pass this down to them from birth?

Any help with this would be appreciated.
Serenity
Posted 9/10/2016 6:34 AM (GMT -7)
As far as I know, IBS is not an inherited disease. I know IBD can be tho.
Posted 9/12/2016 5:30 PM (GMT -7)
Thank you Sherry so much for your input.
Serenitee
Posted 9/19/2016 10:47 AM (GMT -7)
I struggled with IBS my entire life and my grandmother on my dad's side also has it. I don't think it's an inherited disease though. We've both been on a probiotic with an anti fungal for almost three years now. It's changed our lives and both of us are not completely symptom free but we're about 90% better. I had an immune system researcher of 28 years tell me it was the best out there. My kids take one every night before bed too. Get them on a good probiotic.
Posted 11/21/2016 6:09 AM (GMT -7)
I know they say it is not inherited, but I will say every woman in my family on my mother's side has it. My grandmother, all 5 of my aunts, my mom and all my female cousins.

Ikingston - can you give me the brand of probiotic? I've researched for several months. Last month, finally decided on one - stayed on it for 30 days as advised - it worked a little bit but not to my satisfaction. This month I started on one that was "supposed" to be better and made for IBS, but it made my symptoms worse, so after 3 days, I went back to the original until I can find something better.
Posted 11/21/2016 11:56 AM (GMT -7)
My some practitioners now believe that IBS can actually be caused by SIBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), or imbalances in the gut's microbiome. That is definitely passed down from a mother to her child.
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