Reged: 04/26/04
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Loc: New York, New York
which means if you slice up an IBS patient's insides, you would find NOTHING out of the ordinary. No celiac disease, no blockages, no ulcers, and no bacterial overgrowth. IBS is a rule-out diagnosis, meaning it's the conclusion doctors give when there is no physical problem. IBS is diagnosed when everything looks like it should work right, but for some reason, the muscles and fluids can't coordinate themselves properly (maybe because of bad signals from the brain). Bacterial overgrowth is a physical situation that can be the culprit for the digestive problems you are experiencing. If you eliminate that physical problem and you are still not functioning properly, then an IBS dianosis may be in order. But it is illogical to say that a phsysical problem (SIBO) and a functional problem (IBS) are the same thing.