r/IBSResearch is a subreddit with 14k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses ibs, irritable bowel syndrome, microbiome, pain, and gut.
A community dedicated strictly to the research on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with the goal to 1) create a better definition of the disorders that together make up IBS, 2) provide a better and more comprehensive diagnostic roadmap to people with IBS and 3) provide solutions to those disorders.
Popular Themes in r/IBSResearch
#1
Advice Requests
: "How many diseases are masked by an IBS diagnosis?"
7 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation attenuates visceral pain in IBS with diarrhoea via inhibition of the medial prefrontal cortex"
6 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Recruitment for clinical trial for IBS-D [post-infectious] with FMT, Mayo Clinic [US]"
3 posts
#4
News
: "Biomarkers in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Rationale and Practical Use"
3 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "We built a wearable that objectively measures intestinal gas and we need IBS participants"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/IBSResearch
#1
Ibs
: "How many diseases are masked by an Ibs diagnosis?"
147 posts
#2
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
: "Neurogenic Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Long-term resolution of chronic gastrointestinal stress following vagus nerve microvascular decompression: illustrative case"
25 posts
#3
Microbiome
: ""Who is in charge? The gut, the brain or the microbe? - A personal, literary and scientific journey along the Microbiome-gut-brain axis" by Eamonn Quigley MD"
22 posts
#4
Pain
: "Chronic Pain Is a Brain Network Disorder"
19 posts
#5
Gut
: "GABA-producing Lactococcus lactis alleviates Gut dysfunction and neurobehavioral abnormalities associated with irritable bowel syndrome"
18 posts
#6
Symptoms
: "Altered microbial carbohydrate metabolism is associated with anxiety and gastrointestinal Symptoms in patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder"
12 posts
#7
Microbiota
: "Gut Microbiota dysbiosis and metabolic perturbations of bile/glyceric acids in major depressive disorder with IBS comorbidity"
11 posts
#8
Inflammation
: "Researchers find gut microbes that could affect how the body controls Inflammation"
9 posts
#9
Stress
9 posts
#10
Chronic Pain
: "Grants to advance towards better treatments for Chronic Pain"
9 posts
Flair Used in r/IBSResearch
#1
Future Research
: "We built a wearable that objectively measures intestinal gas and we need IBS participants"
26 posts
#2
Perspective
: "Dr. Mark Pimentel: "There are currently 42 Phase 2 or 3 drug trials in the U.S. for IBD... There is only 1 for IBS.""
12 posts
#3
Commentary
: "Gut bacteria that make serotonin may hold the key to IBS"
9 posts
#4
Drug Discovery
: "Rifaximin’s therapeutic spectrum: approved indications and experimental insights into emerging uses"
2 posts
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Yearly
+2k members(13.0%)
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Last updated: June 8, 2026