IBS care in Tolland
What an IBS diagnosis actually tells you
- Abdominal pain that comes and goes without an obvious trigger.
- Abnormal stools, constipation, or diarrhoea unpredictable enough to plan your day around.
- Bloating and frequent bouts of gas.
- Stretches where things settle, followed by stretches where they do not.
Why we look outside the digestive tract
- Thyroid function, which turns up alongside digestive symptoms often enough to be worth checking.
- Blood sugar regulation, high or low.
- The gut microbiome, and the integrity of the gut lining.
- Stress hormone patterns, and food sensitivities.
Where this fits, and where it does not
- A long conversation about your history, not a seven-minute one.
- An honest read on whether there is anything here we can usefully look at.
- A referral onward when your situation calls for one.
About 12% of people in the United States have IBS, which is why so many people are handed the label and left without an explanation for it. You are far from alone in this.
Source: U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Definition & Facts for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. niddk.nih.gov
An honest look at what is driving yours.
IBS questions we hear most
Yes. It is a recognised diagnosis, and it is arrived at by ruling other conditions out. That is why it can feel unsatisfying: it names the pattern without explaining the cause.
No. You can book an assessment directly, and we are happy to check your benefits for you first.
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we do here is meant to sit alongside your medical care, not replace it.
Then you will hear that from us at the assessment rather than after a course of visits. If your situation belongs with a physician, we will point you there.
Not on its own. Food sensitivities are one of several things worth looking at, and making them the whole answer is how people end up on a very short list of foods and no better.
