Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Wheat Protein Correlation; What do we know?

Abstract

Population based studies have shown that about 15% of the world population have experienced the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (1). IBS is a benign condition and usually presents in young women. All cases with IBS have impaired quality of life and anxiety state, but only about 30% of such patients seek help care (2). Despite lack of long term complication, this condition causes significant community health and economic burden due to global distribution of the disease.