Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | I don't agree with Rome Criteria!

Hello,

I just have to comment, I've spent a lot of thought on this topic. Heather's explained this very well but I still think the Rome Criteria are limited in describing IBS or at least can be misinterpreted by health professionals. How can you seperate the symptoms of lower and upper GI tracts if these organs are not only close to each other but working closely together, with their work depending on each others functionality!!?
(Sorry for my limited English).

My worse IBS symptom in the early stages was nausea, of course misdiagnosed several times until I found out by coincidence that an antispasmodic (mebeverine) finished off with that symptom in a wink (the nausea was probably caused by trapped gas in the colon?!). Before being finally diagnosed with IBS I developed gastritis three times in the course of long, bad spells of IBS and each time Prevacid helped not only with the gastritis but calmed down the IBS symptoms as well. All endoscopies showed a perfectly normal stomach.

My GE shrugs his shoulders but Omeprazol (I think that is Prevacid in the States) seems to have an immediate impact on my stool consistency, too.

These days, thanks to HEather's diet and excluding wheat, I'm much better, but the calmer my bowels, the more I get hearburn (never used to be my problem before, except when pregnant!!) And, interestingly, during the second half of my cycle I get bad heartburn EVERY day (effect of progesterone, which relaxes the smooth muscles?). Whenever I talk to doctors about all this, they say, Well, it's all linked, isn't it. And that's really it, isn't it?

All the best

Susaloh

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