Histamine intolerance (HIT) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have similar symptoms and can therefore be easily confused. In addition, it has been shown that histamine can affect IBS. This topic is still a growing area of research, but in this post we will focus on what is currently known about the connection between histamine and IBS.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder, with typical symptoms such as abdominal pain, changes in bowel habits, and bloating.
Knowledge about the specific symptoms is lacking and the symptoms vary between patients, so it is very difficult to diagnose IBS. For example, diarrhea and constipation are two opposites, but both are symptoms of IBS. There is also a subtype of IBS, IBS-M, which has both. However, what is common to the majority of IBS patients is that foods, including histamine-rich foods, trigger their symptoms.
Histamine intolerance (HIT) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have similar symptoms, and can therefore be easily confused.
