Information for professionals and IBS sufferers in helping to gain a better understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and how IBS sufferers can help to make their lives better.

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Definition of Health: The World Health Organization.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome


Please have your symptoms diagnosed by a medical practitioner or doctor. It is important to remember that you cannot self diagnose IBS and there are many serious conditions that can mimic some IBS Symptoms.


 


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Testing

On this page is a list of medical procedures and tests for digestive problems. Some of these tests I have added for general information. In the search for the cause of IBS, I personally had quite a few of them done to rule everything else out.

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Upper GI Endoscopy

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Colonoscopy 

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Flexible Sigmoidoscopy 

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ERCP

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Esophageal Dilatation

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Esophageal Manometry

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Esophageal pH 

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Correction of Acid Reflux by Laparoscopy

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

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Barium Enema

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CT Scan

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Gastric Emptying

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Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding Scan

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GI series

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MRI

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Parathyroid Imaging

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Renal Flow/Scan

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Small Bowel Series

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Ultrasound

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Upper GI Series

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Thyroid Uptake and Scan

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Lactose Intolerance

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Radiology

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The X-ray Files

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General Introductory information on Major Thyroid Disease-Related Websites

bullet Thyroid Disease Symptoms

Future state of the art testing in trials:

bullet Virtual Colonoscopy


 




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Last updated: 03/21/08

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Disclaimer: I am not a doctor! All information on these pages is for  educational purposes only, the webmaster is not responsible for any misuse of treatments provided in these pages.
Please have your symptoms diagnosed by a medical practitioner or doctor. It is important to remember that you cannot self diagnose IBS and there are many serious conditions that can mimic IBS.