Celiac screening should be considered for IBS sufferers

The medical world changes oh too slowly for those who are suffering from Celiac, but it does change. The American College of Gastroenterology has released new guidelines for IBS sufferers, part of which includes ruling out Celiac disease. Of course, readers of this blog would have known that in April 2007, but it's nice to see the docs catching up.

The relevant guidelines are quoted here:

    --  IBS patients with diarrhea or a mixture of diarrhea and constipation
       should be screened with blood tests for celiac disease, a condition in
       which one cannot tolerate the gluten protein found in wheat and other
       grains.