No, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Is Not All in Your Head.
IBS is not a medically unexplained syndrome, it is a chronic recurrent physical disorder that may influence the brain through well-defined pathways linking the gut to the brain, creating anxiety.
December 3, 2023 Introduction
Talking back against IBS being a psychosomatic condition and that a mental health professional should be the first specialty referral
No, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Is Not All in Your Head Quickthoughts May 21, 2016
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has symptoms in common with other physical conditions. IBS ranges in severity from mild and infrequent episodes to more frequent, severe, longer, and more debilitating episodes. It is thus a recurrent, episodic condition. For many patients in many healthcare contexts, IBS remains an undiagnosed pattern of recurrent, but different symptoms that are presented to a healthcare provider without much relief.
Often IBS is effectively managed in primary care with lifestyle management and monitoring and identifying of triggers. However, when IBS is not effectively dealt with in primary care, a patient may need a referral to a specialist.
This Substack article argues that the first specialist who is considered should be a gastro…