New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long Covid symptom

Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by reedf1 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @08:57AM (#37843806)

What do you suggest is done then? Given some people experience legitimate IBS, what quantity of false negatives (i.e. legitimate sufferers who are ignored by the medical system) are you willing to tolerate?

Also - given medical developments in gut health on GABA, the gut-brain link is not so crazy. So your study could be a reverse causation.

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Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by willcipriano on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:04AM (#37843854)

> What do you suggest is done then?

After no physical ailments are detected, they should be treated by psychologists rather than physicians.

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Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by reedf1 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:08AM (#37843883)

So your priors are the we've got an omnipotent medical system? I really wish we did!

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Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by willcipriano on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:26AM (#37844076)

Is a brain gut link or not? If the gut isn't the problem the next stop would be the brain.

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Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by reedf1 on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @09:48AM (#37844355)

And if the brain seems fine, where do we go then?

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Re:New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long C... by willcipriano on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @11:26AM (#37845706)

If medical science can't find anything wrong, what exactly would they be treating?

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