Irritable bowels are mean,
Plus, they’ve no manners or hygiene;
They’re quick to insult or curse,
But what’s decidedly worse,
Is their disdain for being wiped clean.
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According to aboutibs.com, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects between 25 and 45 million people, or about 12 percent of the population, in the U.S. Two-thirds are women and girls, and most are 50 or younger. Estimates put sufferers of IBS worldwide at somewhere between nine and 23 percent of the population.
