One of the signs that's most commonly missed or misdiagnosed is a bloated tummy, which women often put down to irritable bowel syndrome, says Dr Rupal Shah, a GP in Battersea, London.

其中一个最容易被忽视或误诊的现象就是胃部肿胀，女人常将其归类为肠易激综合征。伦敦巴特西的全科医生Rupal Shah说道。

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Irritable bowel syndrome seems to affect more women than men.

肠易激综合症对女性比对男性影响更大。

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When my voice hit a certain decibel, I was passed along, like a hot, irritable potato, to a technician.

当我的声音达到一定分贝时，我就像一个令人易怒的热土豆一样被移交给技术员。

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Over the course of several weeks she began to become unreasonably irritable and violent.

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Because there are usually no physical signs to definitively diagnose irritable bowel syndrome, diagnosis is often a process of elimination.

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