IBS Sufferers To Be Tested For Celiac Disease?

A big reason that many people with Celiac Disease remain undiagnosed is due to being misdiagnosed.  The most common mis-diagnosis is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

According to a recent published report at Medical News Today, it looks like testing for Celiac Disease will now be required prior to an official diagnosis with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.   This site is setup for the United Kingdom, however, so it is unclear to me if this is for the UK only or not.

Here is an excerpt:

The new guidelines regarding the diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) announced recently by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) could ensure this should no longer happen by introducing new diagnostic criteria, which ensures testing for coeliac disease should be undertaken before a final diagnosis of IBS is made.

Patrick Kirby, director of Xtritica, the midland based healthcare company that promotes the Biocard Celiac Test In the UK, an easy to use home screening test which can aid the detection coeliac disease within 15 minutes, says: “We very much welcome these new guidelines which will help to speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease. Many of the symptoms are similar to those of IBS, but it is good to know that patients will now be tested automatically for coeliac disease when previously this may have been missed. Hopefully, fewer people will now have to suffer unnecessarily, often for many years, and will avoid enduring serious digestive problems and associated health problems of coeliac disease.”