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Difference between ibs & chronic appendixities?
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Very different!: IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion. Rome 3 criteria helps. For example, mucus (a colon lubricant) when present in large volume may signal not only problems with colon spasm (ie. Irritable bowel syndrome), but also partial obstruction, infection,even sloughed colon lining. Testing distinguishes IBS from inflammatory diseases (crohn's, appendicitis, etc.), infection, ischemic gut, non-GI. See doctor.
Answered 6/19/2014
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