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does anyone know what tests a doctor will/would carry out on you in order to check if you really have IBS ??
I ment to the doctors a few years ago and was told i had spasmodic bowel syndrome, similar to IBS though slightly differant...Anyway i tried a search online recently and couldnt find any info on it it just kept showing up as IBS i went to the nhs website and all my symptoms are exactly how it says on the nhs website....but no one betwen my house ( my mum) to my work ( anyone at work) believs i have it they al think im talking out my arse which im not my symptoms match exactly to what it says on that nhs website....NOW..
Im not scared of certain things at the doctors ( needles) but there NO WAY they i'll let anyone stik a needle in me ever...Not certain other procedures....anyway does anyoneknow what they do.....All info greatly appreciated...( coz its getting to me that they wont believe me and they all want to to get check by the doctor)
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does anyone know what tests a doctor will/would carry out on you in order to check if you really have IBS ??
I ment to the doctors a few years ago and was told i had spasmodic bowel syndrome, similar to IBS though slightly differant...Anyway i tried a search online recently and couldnt find any info on it it just kept showing up as IBS i went to the nhs website and all my symptoms are exactly how it says on the nhs website....but no one betwen my house ( my mum) to my work ( anyone at work) believs i have it they al think im talking out my arse which im not my symptoms match exactly to what it says on that nhs website....NOW..
Im not scared of certain things at the doctors ( needles) but there NO WAY they i'll let anyone stik a needle in me ever...Not certain other procedures....anyway does anyoneknow what they do.....All info greatly appreciated...( coz its getting to me that they wont believe me and they all want to to get check by the doctor)
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and they'll ask you loads of questions about your symptoms, and eating habits and all that kind of thing.
:eek2: im not being prodded like an animal
nor am i having no gastroscopy :no: No thank you!
But i am to blame for my diet ( or somewhat lack of it) See im extremely fussy at what i eat in terms of i like something one day and not the next plus i hate all the healthy foods i should really be eating....oh dear..
barium enema wasnt v dignified but it wasnt painful and it was good to have peace of mind.
if you wont let the docs carry out appropriate tests then you arent going to get a proper diagnosis are you. sometimes you got to just bite the bullet and get some horrible things done.
i got three teeth pulled out and i am terrified of the dentist. i could have said no but when i thought, suffer weeks/months of pain or be distressed for a wee while i chose the latter.
i thought that, but i didn't say it cause it would have been massively hypocritical.
tbh i had blood tests, the physical, and an ultrasound scan, so i thought opting out of the gastoscopy wasn't overly dangerous.
having no tests at all would have been stupid though.
but ibs can have similar symptoms to more serious conditions so they have to test for these things to. what if no tests were done and you were told you had ibs and then when it was too late you found out it was somthing more serious, you would be damn pissed off at the doc for misdiagnosing!
christ i dont mean to imply you dont have ibs pal i just mean that there is a good reason they have to do horrible tests at times
this is very true!