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

I am not quite sure what you question is but I think it might pertain to detecting inflammation. IBS inflammation may be localized and low level. Conventional systemic measures using blood and stool may not detect it. Perhaps some day they might develop novel biomarker tests which could be used on blood and stool samples.

I know there is a US company selling a 16 biomarker IBS blood testing service. I am uncertain how these biomarkers are related to inflammation. In a recent article in Gastroenterology Quigley and Clarke looked at the blood test in some detail. They also discussed the historical evolution of the study of immune system responses in IBS. While post-infectious IBS was first on the scene a variety of others have been found since. However, they point out that none of these observations has been translated into a biomarker for IBS. They conclude the blood test is a novel idea but fraught with problems. It looks like some new tools are being developed but it could take many years of research to find and test them

Reference
Quigley, E. M. M., & Clarke, G. (2009). A serologic test for irritable bowel syndrome: real meat or bare bones? Gastroenterology, in press

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