Do I Have IBS Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Think about a typical painful episode. How long does the discomfort usually affect you?
I do not have painful episodes
It is brief and easy to move past
It lasts long enough to distract me or make me change plans
It is prolonged, repeatedly returns that day, or prevents normal activity
2. Over the past three months, how often have your stools been unusually loose or watery without a clear short-lived cause?
Occasionally, but less than monthly
On several days most weeks
Never
On several days in a typical month
3. Which statement best describes fatigue, pallor, breathlessness, or anemia alongside your digestive concerns?
I have persistent fatigue or noticeable pallor that is unusual for me
I have diagnosed anemia, fainting, or significant breathlessness with these symptoms
I have occasional mild fatigue but no persistent pattern
I have not experienced these concerns
4. How long has this recurring abdominal-pain pattern been present?
Six months or longer
Between one and five months
Less than one month
I have not had a recurring pattern
5. You have just used the restroom and need to continue your day. What most often happens?
I sometimes still feel partly full, but can move on
I usually feel finished and do not need to return soon
I often feel incompletely emptied or need to return shortly
Incomplete emptying or repeated trips regularly disrupt what I am doing
6. How do bowel symptoms affect your sleep?
They repeatedly wake me from sleep
They do not wake me
They frequently wake me and are accompanied by weakness, dizziness, or signs of dehydration
They have woken me on a rare occasion after an identifiable trigger
7. Compared with your own usual routine, how much does the number of bowel movements vary?
It often shifts noticeably, including periods of much greater or lower frequency
It is generally stable
It changes slightly now and then
It changes noticeably during several periods each month
8. How often have your stools been hard, lumpy, or difficult to pass during the same period?
On several days in a typical month
Never
On several days most weeks
Occasionally, but less than monthly
9. When urgency, gas, or abdominal bloating occurs, how much does it shape your choices?
It sometimes makes me check restroom access or adjust what I eat
It does not occur or does not shape my choices
It regularly determines where I go, what I eat, or whether I leave home
I notice it occasionally but rarely change plans
10. Which best matches any fever, vomiting, or unusually intense pain occurring with your bowel symptoms?
Brief nausea or a mild pain increase that passes
Repeated vomiting or a measured fever has occurred with the symptoms
None of these has occurred
Severe constant pain, fainting, a rigid or swollen abdomen, or inability to keep fluids down has occurred
11. You are away from home when abdominal discomfort starts. What best reflects your usual response?
I can continue, but I monitor the discomfort or look for a restroom
This situation does not arise because I do not have this discomfort
I may shorten the outing, avoid food, or stay close to a restroom
I often have to stop what I am doing, go home, or lie down
12. During the past three months, how often have you had abdominal pain or cramping without an already identified short-term cause?
About once a week or more
Never
Less than once a month
On one to three days per month
13. When abdominal pain occurs, how is it related to having a bowel movement?
There is no clear relationship that I have noticed
The pain often begins, improves, or worsens around a bowel movement
I do not have this abdominal pain
A bowel movement occasionally changes the pain
14. Which best describes any unplanned weight change alongside your digestive symptoms?
A documented or noticeable unplanned loss over a short period
No unplanned weight loss
Rapid or marked unplanned loss, especially with weakness
A slight unplanned change, such as clothes becoming a little looser
15. Have you noticed blood associated with a bowel movement that was not clearly explained by a clinician, food, iron, or bismuth medicine?
I have had a small bright-red trace once
I have had black or tar-like stool, substantial blood, or bleeding with weakness or faintness
No
I have noticed bright-red blood more than once