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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Can calprotectin simplify the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome? – (08-05-02)
James Bogash
Can calprotectin simplify the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome?
Calprotectin is a marker for inflammation of the GI tract and is suggested in this study as a fecal marker to differentiate IBS from inflammatory bowel disease. While this is an easy and effective way to differentiate, I have a problem with this article referring to IBS as a non-organic disease. I would much rather have researchers refer to IBS as a functional disorder. By labeling it as a non-organic disease I envision a condition that is psychogenic in origin, which I do not feel that IBS is. It may be flared by stressful situations, but that hardly constitutes a psychogenic illness.
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