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Is Severe Nausea Associated With Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
Question: My Gastroentrologist has told me I have IBS symptoms
I suffer from nausea a lot. I want to know whether paying for an endoscopy and a colonoscopy can actually properly diagnose IBS or not?
I suffer from nausea a lot. I want to know whether paying for an endoscopy and a colonoscopy can actually properly diagnose IBS or not?
Brief Answer:
Yes you should
Detailed Answer:
Hello Dear patient,
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.
Have gone through your details and i appreciate your concerns.
Firstly small briefing for Irritable bowel syndrome and why every patient is a unique case when we deal with IBS.
In IBS there is some problem in the functional ability of the gut that leads to the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The structure of the intestines is normal, only functional abnormality occurs in this condition.So frankly speaking (IBS) represents a functional disorder of gastrointestinal tract without the presence of an anatomic defect.One and the only reason to do endo and colonoscopy is to rule out any other patghology of intestinal tract.As evident from above explanation IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion i.e when no problem with gut is evident despite all possible tests patient is labelled as having IBS.
So as per protocol you should go for colonoscopy and endoscopy should be done before labelling you as IBS patient.
Regards.
Yes you should
Detailed Answer:
Hello Dear patient,
Thanks for choosing HealthcareMagic for your query.
Have gone through your details and i appreciate your concerns.
Firstly small briefing for Irritable bowel syndrome and why every patient is a unique case when we deal with IBS.
In IBS there is some problem in the functional ability of the gut that leads to the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. The structure of the intestines is normal, only functional abnormality occurs in this condition.So frankly speaking (IBS) represents a functional disorder of gastrointestinal tract without the presence of an anatomic defect.One and the only reason to do endo and colonoscopy is to rule out any other patghology of intestinal tract.As evident from above explanation IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion i.e when no problem with gut is evident despite all possible tests patient is labelled as having IBS.
So as per protocol you should go for colonoscopy and endoscopy should be done before labelling you as IBS patient.
Regards.
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