Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a disease that many individuals suffer from on a constant basis. Although they are unsure of what causes this particular condition to happen, it does have some very specific symptoms that most people with the condition share. This could include soreness in the joints and all over muscle aches, sensitivity to light and even irritable bowel syndrome. Although it is not necessarily thought that IBS is a direct symptom of fibromyalgia, many of the people who are suffering from fibromyalgia also tend to suffer with IBS. What is the connection?