Bowel habits written in DNA

[Fencinggirl]

Hi everyone. Came across an interesting article this morning that suggests that specific genetic profiles influence bowel habits as well as predisposition to IBS. You can read the article here:

medicalxpress.com/news/2021...

[Tess359]

Thank you Fencinggirl, a very interesting article and one that gives us a little hope for an effective treatment in the future. My father and grandmother had IBS and I have several cousins on my father's side of the family who suffer from it too. We all have/had IBS C with exactly the same pattern of symptoms, so I always believed that there was some inherited predisposition to the condition.

[BlackIsleGirl]

Really interesting. I must try and find the original study.

I was told by a specialist that because my grandfather had ulcerative colitis and I've 2 first cousins with chrones then I was predisposed to bowel diseases. My son has developed IBS too. I kind of had an idea that it was genetic but it's good to see the theory supported by research.