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When writer Jonathan Ames remarked in print that he suffered from "infuriated bowel syndrome," the remark might have been amusing but also was full of painful meaning - especially for the legions afflicted with the condition under its more common name: inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), consisting mainly of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.