Diagnosis of IBS - Irritable Bowel Syndrome The first thing you have to do, if you think you may have IBS, is seeing your doctor. For identifying IBS doctors need a detailed medical history based on cilinical criteria that includes features of the symptoms and as well as a physical tests.
There is no specific test or examination for IBS, your doctor may do some medical tests to make sure you don't have any other diseases, like intolerance of foods containing a protein, inflammation and polyps. However, IBS symtoms are evaluated when all investigations and medical tests for other disorders have been done and have resulted as negative.
Medical tests include:· Colonoscopy
· CBC (complete blood count)
· blood tests
· x-ray of the bowel
· lactose intolerance tests
· physical exam
· fexible sigmoidoscopy
· computerized tomography (CT) scan