The nurse is taking a health history of an 11-year-old girl with recurrent abdominal pain. Which of the following responses would indicate irritable bowel syndrome?

A) "I always feel better after I have a bowel movement."
B) "I don't take any medicine right now."
C) "The pain comes and goes."
D) "The pain does not wake me up in the middle of the night."


A

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