How Can a Doctor Determine if I Have IBS?
Question by Dazzling by Design®: How can a doctor determine if I have IBS?
What sort of test can he/she perform to determine whether I have IBS?
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Answer by Stephen Paul
Based on your symptoms and description. Tests are only for ruling out more serious bowel disease which are not that case in 90% of the cases!
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