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?"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation attenuates visceral pain in IBS with diarrhoea via inhibition of the medial prefrontal cortex"
8 posts
#3
News
: "Biomarkers in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Rationale and Practical Use"
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Recruitment for clinical trial for IBS-D [post-infectious] with FMT, Mayo Clinic [US]"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "How much have you spent trying to fix your IBS and was any of it actually worth it?"
1 post
#6
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
: "Microbiome Tests: Increasingly Popular, but Not Yet Proven"
22 posts
#4
Pain
: "Topically applied novel TRPV1 receptor antagonist, ACD440 Gel, reduces evoked Pain in healthy volunteers, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study"
19 posts
#5
Gut
: "Gut microbiota mediated neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders: Current perspectives and challenges"
18 posts
#6
Symptoms
12 posts
#7
Microbiota
: "Gut Microbiota mediated neuroinflammation in psychiatric disorders: Current perspectives and challenges"
11 posts
#8
Inflammation
: "Inflammation rewires the enteric nervous system through neurogenic monocyte recruitment"
9 posts
#9
Stress
: "A prolactin-targeting antibody to prevent Stress-induced peripheral nociceptor sensitization and female postoperative pain [2025]"
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"
21 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.""
15 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"
4 posts
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+2k members(12.9%)
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Last updated: June 1, 2026