Former_Maybe_8437 t1_jdexkv4 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Reply to comment by SaltZookeepergame691 in Study has shown evidence of a specific pathway of cells and nerves linking the gut to the brain that may be responsible for irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety by giuliomagnifico

>there really aren’t any major competing theories any more.

This is false. Food intolerances, medication side effects, SIBO and motility issues are all potential underlying causes of IBS other that neurochemical imbalances.

Where is your source of a major medical body declaring that DGBI is the sole cause of IBS to the exclusion of all others?

SaltZookeepergame691 t1_jdgrk3s wrote on March 24, 2023 at 8:02 AM

DGBI terminology came with Rome IV, which also saw the prevalence of IBS halve due to exclusion of edge cases. These issues you list are not outside of DGBI mechanisms - they are inside it.