The American College of Gastroenterology (AGC, www.gi.com) announced Wednesday that it will unveil two new online, interactive patient tools for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). “The IBS Test” and “The IBS Treatment Matrix” are based on recently published ACG analysis and offers graded recommendations on the full range of options for testing and treatment [...]
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How to Determine if its Diarrhea, Constipation
Posted in November 14th, 2008
Types 1 and 2 indicate constipation, with 3 and 4 being the “ideal stools” especially the latter, as they are the easiest to pass, and 5-7 being further tending towards diarrhea or urgency .
Rome Process for Diagnosing IBS
Posted in November 11th, 2008
by awesome in irritable bowel syndrome Tags: constipation, diagnosing ibs, diarrhea, IBS, irritable bowel syndrome
The principal requirement for diagnosing IBS is abdominal pain. The Rome II criteria is used to diagnose IBS after a examining the patient’s medical history and conducting an examination of the abdomen. These are done to look for any ‘red flag’ symptoms.
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