Beyond the Label: Rethinking IBS & Functional Gut Disorders in Clinical Practice

“I’ve had IBS for 20 years,” is a refrain I hear far too often - and all too often, it marks a dead‑end rather than a beginning. But IBS isn’t a disease; it’s a syndrome, a collection of symptoms with wildly varying root causes. In this post, we challenge the low‑FODMAP default and explore how a personalised, systems‑based approach - addressing visceral hypersensitivity, immune activation, gut–brain dysregulation and microbial imbalance - can shift care from mere symptom management to true gut healing.