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IBS Diagnosis.

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  • 13-01-2013 2:16am
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    locum-motion
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    There was a thread, since closed, about a person who had been diagnosed with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), apparently without any tests being performed.

    Now, I'm not a doctor (I'm a pharmacist), but when I was in college, we were taught the following: IBS is the diagnosis that is made after each and every other possible alternative has been excluded by tests, and that, by definition, IBS cannot be diagnosed without tests. (ie. IBS cannot be diagnosed until tests have been performed that exclude bowel cancer, diverticulitis, Crohn's Disease etc etc etc.)

    Would any of the doctors on here care to comment on this, and how this impacts upon the diagnosis that the other poster received?

    Am I wrong, or is the other poster's doctor wrong?


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    apache
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    What you have said is correct. A GP can't diagnose IBS. Tests have to be done to rule out other causes of discomfort.

    I got all the tests done about 7 years ago. Nothing nasty showed up so they diagnosed IBS.

    Edit - lol i just reread your post. I'm not a doctor but sure i'll leave this post anyway.


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    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    locum-motion wrote: »
    Would any of the doctors on here care to comment on this, and how this impacts upon the diagnosis that the other poster received?

    Am I wrong, or is the other poster's doctor wrong?


    not a thread/discussion for this forum, given the situation the op of the other thread is in- it will inevitable lead to speculation on her diagnosis etc.


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