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Post-Infectious IBS
04/15/09 06:59 AM

Scott G

Reged: 03/28/09
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Loc: Boston, MA

Hi,

I saw my GI doctor for our 2nd appointment after she first diagnosed me with IBS. She said that she believes I have post-infectious IBS (I had a bad bacterial gut infection last September in South Africa) and that it will go away within a few years. Does anybody here have post-infectious IBS and has seen it go away?

Naturally, I've been minimizing the pain through dieting, exercise, and soluble fiber supplement. She also recommended that I think about going on tricyclics because these will dull the nerve endings and eventually lead to remission.

I think she's a knowledgeable doctor and trust what she's saying. But I wanted to run it by you all, since you're probably just as if not more knowledgeable about IBS than most doctors.

I forgot to mention, I have IBS-C.

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