IBS or Something Else?

di Imad Muratspahic (Autore)

neobooks, 2026

You were told it was IBS. Maybe it was a ten-minute visit and one blood test; maybe it was years ago and nobody has looked again. You have cut foods, tried fiber and probiotics and a low-FODMAP diet, and you still plan your day around the bathroom. Then you started reading other people's stories: the IBS that turned out to be endometriosis, the IBS that turned out to be Crohn's disease, the IBS that turned out to be bile acid diarrhea or celiac disease. Now you can't stop wondering whether your label is right, and the last doctor you saw said it was all in your head. IBS or Something Else? is a calm, practical guide to checking an IBS diagnosis properly. It shows you how IBS is actually diagnosed, which red flags mean you need a closer look now, which conditions are most often mistaken for IBS, which symptom patterns point toward each one, and exactly how to ask for the tests that can tell them apart. This is not a low-FODMAP book, a supplement protocol, or a case that doctors are the enemy. IBS is real, and for many readers it is the right answer. This book is the step that should come before living with the label: a clear-eyed look at what else it could be, organized so you and your clinician can rule things in or out instead of guessing. Inside, you'll learn: How IBS is really diagnosed, what the Rome criteria require, and the basic tests you should know were done The red flags that mean 'go now' or 'get checked this week', and why screening and diagnosis are not the same thing The Look-Alike Map: seven clue clusters that turn a frightening list of diseases into two or three places worth looking How to keep a four-week Gut Record and turn it into a one-page summary a doctor can use The Four-Question Script for asking what else it could be, and which test would settle it What sets apart Crohn's and microscopic colitis, celiac disease and food intolerances, bile acid diarrhea, SIBO, endometriosis, and pelvic floor problems, and the honest limits of each test How medicines, thyroid problems, the pancreas, infections, and upper-gut problems can pass for IBS What to say when you are told it's all in your head, and what the gut-brain connection really means You don't need to become your own doctor, and you don't need to fight the one you have. You need a map, a record, and the right questions. Start the Gut Record today, and within a month you can walk into your next appointment with the evidence to find out what is really going on.

• Autore: Imad Muratspahic
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: neobooks
• Formato: EPUB2 con Adobe DRM
• Lingua: Tedesco
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9783565998647