Diagnosing IBS with ibs-smart® and patients to consider
Dr. Mark Pimentel
Professor of Medicine at Geffen School of Medicine and Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
With ibs-smart®, you can rule in IBS using a blood test and determine the original cause.
Used early in your diagnostic protocol, ibs-smart® can help you focus diagnostic workups.
- Validated IBS biomarkers
provide a diagnosis of
inclusion. - Antibody blood testing offers
an organic confirmation of an
IBS diagnosis. - A positive result indicates the
root cause of the patient’s IBS
was an instance of infectious
gastroenteritis.
Patients to consider
- Have IBS symptoms with a diarrheal component
- Have no alarm symptoms (e.g., blood in stool)
- May or may not remember having had food poisoning
- May have factors that increase risks associated with invasive procedures
ibs-smart® has broad applicability to patients with diarrheal symptoms.
Up to 60% of patients with diarrheal IBS symptoms could be suffering from post-infectious IBS.
