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Could acid reflux be misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome?

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Dr. Eric Kaplan answered

Specializes in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Anything can be: Misdiagnosed. Acid reflux is easy to confirm with a barium swallow/upper GI xray. Irritable bowel should be a diagnosis of exclusion, that is all other causes of your symptoms need to be ruled out by proper diagnostic testing.

Answered 6/10/2014

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