However, those symptoms will not appear on a usual basis; they tend to appear on an irregular schedule. Patients should record the time when symptoms occur. One night of diarrhea due to food poisoning is not an IBS symptom.
The individual does not necessarily have IBS, who wakes one night to pain in the abdominal region. An individual who discovers blood in his or her stool should not conclude that he or she has the disorder known as IBS.
