IBSscreen is a rapid test to help people with chronic abdominal symptoms including Irritable Bowel Syndrome determine with complete confidence whether their symptoms are really due to IBS. That way, IBSscreen can help set your mind more at ease or set you on the right course of treatment. IBSscreen is as quick & as convenient test & can be conducted in the privacy of your own home. The test takes only 10 minutes to do. That, together with a short questionnaire that is included in each pack you are guided as to what steps may be needed to effectively manage your symptoms. IBSscreen is as accurate as the tests for IBD run in hospital & the test is already in use by some NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups. Therefore, you can have confidence in the results. IBSscreen detects the presence of a chemical called Calprotectin. This chemical, which is found in your stools, is only present when there is inflammation in the gut. Its presence means that you could have a condition like Inflammatory Bowel Disease (e.g. Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis), whilst its absence which is 50 times more likely numerically in the UK population means that you might have a functional bowel disorder such as IBS or chronic constipation. Each pack contains the following items: Instructions for use A test strip A paper stool catcher A small vial containing a reagent & a sample probe A short symptom checker Before you purchase the test please take a few moments to answer these questions, if you answer yes to any of these please make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible: Have you experienced unexplained or unintentional weight loss recently? Have you seen blood in your stools? Is there a family history of bowel or ovarian cancer? Are you over 60 years old & have you noticed a change in bowel habit that has lasted for more than 6 weeks? Have you noticed any mass (eg large lump ) in your abdomen or your back passage?