<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> [log in to unmask] wrote: >He is convinced I have IBS (in fact, that's what his nurse told >me before he even saw me; my, my, aren't they efficient). Except that there is no such disorder as IBS. It is simply a label that is used to describe symptoms, and is used when the doctor is unable to find a cause. It is a diagnosis of exclusion. Their sticking this label on you before doing every test possible points out just how the education of doctors has become warped. You have various drugs being promoted for IBS, and the sellers of the drugs have now turned IBS into a first thought of diagnosis. Just what they want to sell more drugs. Don.