IBS is inflammation at the cellular level

[Naturelover]

My GI doc said that they are now discovering that IBS is inflammation at the cellular level. Perhaps some better treatments & diagnostic tests will be available in the future.

Has anyone else been told or heard/read about IBS being inflammation at the cellular level?

 

[Catherine]

http://ibs.about.com/od/symptomsofib1/a/notstress.htm


Inflammation


By definition, IBS does not present with visible inflammation. This does not mean that inflammation is not necessarily involved; it just means that the inflammation is not visible during routine diagnostic testing. Evidence is beginning to be seen of the possibility of low-grade chronic inflammation on a cellular level in some individuals who suffer from IBS. This inflammation is thought to most likely be associated with cases in which IBS which was preceded by a bout of gastroenteritis, a condition classified as post-infectious IBS (IBS-PI). Read more about inflammation…