A Houston mother was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2021 after brushing off five subtle symptoms. Since then, she’s been raising awareness on TikTok.

These conditions often show up alongside others, like irritable bowel and irritable bladder syndromes, that involve smooth muscle spasm. Taut, hard, painful muscles can keep you awake and limit ...

and intestinal muscle spasms also cause pain. Gas pain tends to be food-related. It involves shifting location, passing wind, and constipation or infrequent bowel movements. Other IBS pains tend ...

For many women, monthly menstruation is accompanied by intense cramping pain that radiates through the lower abdomen as the ...