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Is the only way to diagnose IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) with a endoscopy or colonoscopy?
Has anyone gotten medication for IBS without an edoscopy or colonoscopy?
I have a referral to a GI but I do not want to go if I know for sure the only way to diagnose my IBS is with an endoscopy or colonoscopy.
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webmd has some good items about it
http://www.webmd.com/ibs/ibs-when-you-should-see-doctor
I have IBS myself. My internist did do a colonoscopy, but found nothing. The only real way to diagnose IBS is by doing the colonoscopy. When the results come and they say that there is nothing wrong, then it could be IBS. IBS is 1 of the most difficult syndromes to detect because the results Do show nothing.
If you have bloating, constipation or diarrhea for a while, you could have IBS or even Chrone’s Disease. There are no cures for these, but people have to find a medium in their diets. I guess mint products help calm the colon track, but it didn’t work for me. Best of luck with this, and I hope you don’t have this at All…
A colonoscopy is a way to exclude any other cause of the symptoms you are having. If your symptoms include abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea/constipation, etc., a good GI doc will run less invasive tests first such as stool cultures and other lab tests, ultrasound, CT or possibly MRI. If those tests don’t show definite cause for symptoms, they may try you on medications. However, if one of your symptoms is rectal bleeding, the doctor should suggest a colonoscopy just to rule out things like colitis, Crohn’s, or even cancer. There are a lot of different meds for you to try, but listen to your doctor. You should definitely go to the consult appointment, and be open to what he or she may say. I went through several medications before my doctor ended up doing a colonoscopy. In fact, it took three colonoscopies with three different doctors to finally find out I have ulcerative colitis. That was confirmed with a biopsy done during the colonoscopy. The actual procedure wasn’t that bad; I slept through it. The prep was the worst part, but in hindsight, it was necessary to go through it, and not that bad when you consider now I’m getting the treatment I needed, and now I can live a relatively normal life!!