The last cause of IBS is a lack of electrical activity. Unless someone has brain, spine or nerve damage the only other major contributor to poor electrical activity would be a mineral imbalance. Because minerals have their own electrical charge, they are needed by the nervous system to keep the momentum of the impulses going. It is amazing to realize that most people are totally unaware of how the bowel should function. I, personally, had no idea until I started studying natural health.
Doctors are usually also in the dark when it comes to bowel health and even bowel movements.
The spastic colon type, which is commonly triggered by eating. This type usually involves periodic constipation or diarrhea with pain accompanying it. Sometimes the constipation and diarrhea alternate. Mucus is often found in the stool. The pain associated with this type IBS may come in bouts of continuous dull aching or cramps and they usually occur in the region of the lower abdomen.