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If you've been living with IBS for a while, you know how much your diet, emotions and stress level can affect how you're feeling physically.
But have you pinpointed which "triggers" in your life are leading to your IBS symptoms?
The "daily tracker" is a weekly calendar -- a kind of IBS "diary" -- that can help you to trace the connection between your daily habits and IBS flare-ups.
Using the tracker can help you to become more aware of those everyday connections.
And becoming more conscious of them is the first step in getting your symptoms under better control.
Go from out of control to in control
Add information about your daily meals, stress level, emotional state, menstrual cycle and symptoms into the tracker.
You can save your weekly trackers on this site and look over them regularly to see what patterns you notice that may correlate with your symptoms. You also can print them out if you'd like to talk to your doctor about what you're observing.
By getting insight into our unique problem areas, you and your doctor can develop a plan for getting your IBS under control.
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Knowledge is power
Here's how to use the Daily Tracker:
- Diet: Record everything in detail, including any beverages you consume, the amount you eat or drink and how fast or slow you eat or drink.
- Symptoms: Record the following symptoms: gas, abdominal pain, stool description (diarrhea, loose, hard, pellet-like) or other symptoms such as straining, incontinence, stain/smearing or feeling like your bowel movement is incomplete. Use this section to elaborate on any stress or conflicts you are experiencing that day.
- Stress level: From 1 to 5, with 1 = low stress and 5 = extreme stress, rate your stress level for the day.
- Water: Indicate in 10-ounce increments how much water you drink.
- Type of day: Circle the happy icon if it's a good day and the other icon if not.
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