Rare changes in wind patterns this fall have caused the Pacific Ocean off California and the West Coast to warm to historic levels, drawing in a bizarre menagerie of warm-water species.
Abdominal bloating was the most bothersome symptom (27.5 %), which was more likely to occur after a meal (52.2 %), at work/school (29.2 %) and during times of stress (26.8 %). Only 4.5 % of IBS-C subjects
Another common IBS symptom is having mucus in your stool. Mucus is a clear liquid that protects and coats the tissues in your GI tract. You pass this mucus along with stool when you have IBS. You may experience times when symptoms like passing mucus worsen, and times when they improve or even go away completely.