Episode Details

An IBS diagnosis gets handed to you when everything else is ruled out—so it feels like the diagnostic equivalent of a shrug. Where do you go from there? On this episode of Medical Disruptors, I sit down with Dr. Will “Dr. B” Bulsiewicz—a classically trained gastroenterologist who rebuilt his approach after getting sick himself. Dr. B maps IBS as a gut–brain axis disorder. A disrupted microbiome derails motility and sensitizes the enteric nervous system. That’s why scopes can look clean while symptoms rage. We cover celiac testing pitfalls, why diagnosis is still by exclusion, and how early “normal” labs don’t rule out emerging disease. If you’ve been living around a bathroom or gave up after your IBS label, this conversation is your pivot point.

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