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cyborgvomit

Updated 11mo ago

Need help with IBS diagnosis and treatment

does anyone have any help for going about getting diagnosed and help with IBS?? it impacts my life so much and ive been struggling with it for a long time now, but im unsure of how to go about visiting a doctor for it, especially bc it's kinda uncomfortable to talk about :/

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Chesbro99

It kinda got to the point where I stopped caring that it was gross. But I still tried to be modest about it. Talk to your GP and ask to see a GI.

nymz

If you have insurance or are able to, go to a walk in urgent care, explain symptoms, get a referral to a gastroenterologist.. they can not only DX you but check to see if there’s a reason why. For me, I was mildly allergic to most foods and had no idea!!

dog6ude

what we did was find a GI doctor/specialist and we would get some tests done and we would do stool samples and i even had to do an ultrasound and with that all they were able to come up with my diagnosis!

Clairebear3

Ask your primary care for a referral to a gi doctor. That's what I had to do

100Percent_K

You ask your primary care doctor for a referral to a GI, preferably one with lots of experience with IBS/ a motility specialists

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