Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Anti-Inflammatory Diet?

Diagnostic performance of rapid tests for detection of fecal calprotectin and lactoferrin and their ability to discriminate inflammatory from irritable bowel syndrome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18597588?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=6

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2008 Jan;14(1):32-9.

Discriminating IBD from IBS: comparison of the test performance of fecal markers, blood leukocytes, CRP, and IBD antibodies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17924558?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=8

Am J Gastroenterol. 2008 Jan;103(1):162-9. Epub 2007 Oct 4.

Noninvasive markers in the assessment of intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases: performance of fecal lactoferrin, calprotectin, and PMN-elastase, CRP, and clinical indices.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17916108?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=9

Gut. 2007 Dec;56(12):1706-13. Epub 2007 Aug 3.

Faecal S100A12 as a non-invasive marker distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from irritable bowel syndrome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17675327?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=10

Pretty simple stool tests that can help, you can show your doctor or ask him about.

You might want to read this also.

scroll down the page too

Diagnostic Testing in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Theory vs. Reality

http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc/Autumn_2009_Digest.pdf

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