Talk:Rome process

Fixing WP:SIZE in IBS article

Hi, I'm moving this description of the Rome Process for diagnosing IBS into here to reduce the length of the IBS article (94K) and also to followup with Good Article Review from 10-2006. Gastro guy 17:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Problems with IBS

Folks, i have 6 symptoms described in Rome II for IBS BUT the hallmark of my disease is a m*th*rf*ck*ng pain that wakes me up after sleeping for 6 hours AND "Pain that awakens you from sleep" is a red flag for symptons that DO NOT go for IBS. Then i´ve searched over the whole internet and haven´t found ANYTHING that correlates with abdominal pain that awakens. So can anyone tell me to which pathology is the awakening abdominal pain associated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.20.120.123 (talk) 00:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I am concered that this organisation is sponsored by pharmaceutical companies(ref.their own web page), and that although it is claimed to be not-for-profit, it seems to promote the use of pharmaceuticals for diagnosies,(or newly invented diagnosies), where they would not normally be recomended. Such a surogate arm of the industry has the power to mislead on wiki. I have noticed that much of the pharmaceutical data on Wiki has been editted in ways that might suggest company interference with truth, or at least the ful picture. Willow — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.174.151.136 (talk) 14:14, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Diagnosis of exclusion

"In the past it was thought that the diagnosis of IBS relied on a diagnosis of exclusion"

but then

"Currently the diagnosis of IBS relies on ... excluding other illnesses based on history, physical exam, and laboratory testing."

So how is it not a diagnosis of exclusion? These sound like the same thing to me. Can you clarify the language so that a layman can understand what the difference is and how this has changed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justanothervisitor (talk • contribs) 17:52, 27 December 2012 (UTC)