Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and What Tests You Should Get
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome that is more commonly abbreviated as IBS, is a diagnosis for a myriad of complaints that patients have that affect their gastrointestinal tract. Patients experiencing IBS, have to be evaluated very closely by their physician to assess if other conditions, or a combinations of conditions might be occuring to cause the IBS.
Kenneth Falchuk, MD: Irritable bowel syndrome is the word points to it, is a syndrome, it is a composite of complaints that patients have that effect the GI tract. It is not something that we could immediately say is caused by an infection or is caused by a structural change in the bowel.
So therefore the physician who evaluates the patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has to pay attention to the types of symptoms, when they occur? How frequent is your trigger factor, has to evaluate his patient for the possibility of other conditions and that is where we bring in the criteria of or the characters of what we call reg flags.
So irritable bowel syndrome is a combination of symptoms that the patient mentions to the treating evaluating physician that consists of either pain with or without a change in bowel habit such as diarrhea, constipation, or a variable pattern, a mixture of both diarrhea or constipation with bloating with a change in a shape, consistency of they stools, they could be loose, they could be hard, they could be like little fragments.
Above all, the irritable bowel does not have the red flags that I mentioned previously, that is the presence of bleeding, very significant relevant weight loss in a short period of time, no fever, and no vomiting, once we consider the red flags and if they are not present in the patient, there are other lab results that we could request to evaluate the patient and exclude something that may be caused by another illness other than the IBS, the irritable bowel.
If a physician requests those labs, they are not specific. There is no specific blood test to make the diagnosis of an irritable bowel. So what one does when he looks at the lab for help to see if there is anemia, evidence of bleeding indirectly or directly, a low red cell count, a low iron or something called ferritin, signs of inflammation in the blood. We request a test called Sed rate or CRP that indirectly look at this aspect.
Other tests may show low protein to suggest a difficult absorption, nutrition, which is not really a main issue when one deals with irritable bowel. So once the red flags are excluded and that the physician is certain about that, he or she can then say "Well I am not yet sure. I need to evaluate my patient properly." That can be done with x-rays such as CAT scan, x-ray of a small intestine, a barium enema sometimes or proceed to something more specific and definitive, yet somewhat invasive called a colonoscopy where you look at the lining of the colon. You can take samples and make sure there is no inflammation.
The bottom-line is to make sure that there is no colitis because colitis is treated differently. It is somewhat of a greater concern to some patients because it could bleed to serious consequences and disabilities, so it is important not to attach diagnosis of IBS, irritable bowel, to someone who may have something that can be treated differently and therefore modify their quality of life and outcome.
I think that more or less summarizes what I have been trying to convey about what IBS irritable bowel syndrome is and how to proceed with a detail specific evaluation of this condition.
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Yes, but the problem is that most physicians don't want to listen
If you've already had a full workup without results, I like to offer my clients the GI MAP stool test and a SIBO test, which in about 75-80% of the time reveals an infection that can be treated!
Why is everyone’s comment the same?
How does a doctor determine if its Crohn's Disease or IBS?
Sometimes colonoscopy will show damage or inflammation of Crohns or ulcerative colitis.
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What are your symtoms?
Facts, if I do one more of these test and get no answers I’m going to lose it.
Trigger points in rectus abdominis. Get it checked by a professional masseuse or physio therapist. I had so many trigger points there thus causing me to have ibs.
Same was with me than finally my gastro told that i have an IBS due to stress,Anxiety . He was absolutely right
5 years I’ve had horrible pains so bad it’s worse than labour I can’t move at all it’s that bad.. well after all these years I’ve had blood tests poo sample ultrasound inside and out and they’ve found nothing today the doctor said I have ibs but how can I be sure it’s that and nothing more serious going on I have no other symptoms other than this severe pain I get just randomly maybe twice or 3 times a month only thing that helps is going for a toilet when I can finally move please help me or give me some advice thank you
I am having acidity reflux problem with heart burning symptoms. I fart average 7 times a day with loud noise however no terrible smell is noticed almost. My stool passage is normal but once or twice in a year i suffer intenstinal disorder like stool passaging is like clay like semi solid and i have to go to bathroom thrice or more times.
Plz suggest me neccessary health suggesstions and medical approach that should be taken.
I'm a male with 30years of age,80kg of mass, 5ft 7 inches of height with no other medical case histories.
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I am suffring with ibs or i dont know what is this, since last 14 years , its spoiling my life , some time i dont want to live, so please be happy you fit, i cant eat my favorite things, i cant go for party, i am a reason for others to make fun on my condition, because nobody takes seriously about you gut or mental health. All day i just wish that , one day i will be completely fit, but i dont know how and when, or may be never , and moreover i am spending lots of money on treatment, and my earning is almost zero 🤕
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