Scribd
Upload
105 views1 page

IBS and SIBO Differential Diagnosis

This document provides a list of differential diagnoses that should be considered when a patient presents with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), as these symptoms can be caused by many other conditions. The list includes over 50 potential conditions ranging from infections like parasites or H. pylori to functional disorders, food sensitivities, and other gastrointestinal and systemic diseases. Determining the accurate diagnosis requires considering these various possible underlying causes.

Uploaded by

Krishna Das
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
105 views1 page

IBS and SIBO Differential Diagnosis

This document provides a list of differential diagnoses that should be considered when a patient presents with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), as these symptoms can be caused by many other conditions. The list includes over 50 potential conditions ranging from infections like parasites or H. pylori to functional disorders, food sensitivities, and other gastrointestinal and systemic diseases. Determining the accurate diagnosis requires considering these various possible underlying causes.

Uploaded by

Krishna Das
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

IBS & SIBO Differential Diagnosis

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth have the
same symptoms (constipation, diarrhea or both, abdominal bloating and
pain). These symptoms are not specific to IBS and SIBO - many conditions, from benign to serious, can
create these symptoms. The differential diagnosis is a list of conditions that could be causing these
symptoms instead of IBS or SIBO (or in addition to them). If it’s not SIBO, it could be one of these.

• Post-Infectious IBS (a type of SIBO) • Pancreatic Enzyme Insufficiency


• Yeast Overgrowth • Insufficient Chewing
• Small Intestine Fungal Overgrowth • Hypothyroid
• Candida • Hashimoto’s Disease
• Parasitic Infection • Hyperthyroid
• Large Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (Dysbiosis) • Diabetes
• Large Intestine Bacterial Infection • Gastroparesis
• H pylori Infection • Bile Acid Malabsorption/Diarrhea
• Celiac Disease • Verner–Morrison Syndrome (VIPoma)
• Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance • Zollinger Ellison Syndrome
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease • Systemic Sclerosis
• Crohn’s Disease • Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
• Ulcerative Colitis • other Connective Tissue Disease
• Microscopic or Lymphocytic Colitis • Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
• Carbohydrate Malabsorption/ Disaccharidase • Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Deficiency • Lyme Disease
• Lactose • Immune Deficiency Diseases
• Fructose • Abdomino-Phrenic Dyssynergia
• Polyol • Outlet constipation
• Sucrose-Isomaltase • Slow transit constipation
• Genetic reduced activity (common) • Medication-induced symptoms
• Congenital deficiency (rare) • i.e. metformin=diarrhea, opioids=constipation
• Other Food Intolerance • Chronic Abdominal Wall Pain
• Protein (standard food sensitivity/allergy) • Ischemic Colitis
• Histamine • Cancer - Abdominal, Pelvic
• Salicylates • Endometriosis
• Nickel Allergic Contact Mucositis • Small Intestine Obstruction or Pseudo-Obstruction
• Hypochlorhydria • Stress

April 2020

You might also like