Digestive System Diagnostics: Quick, Accurate Tests to Find the Cause of Digestive Pain

Uncovering the cause of digestive pain starts with solid digestive system diagnostics. Your clinician will typically combine a careful symptoms review and physical exam with targeted tests to pinpoint the source—whether it’s an infection, inflammation, malabsorption, or a structural issue. Common diagnostics may include stool tests for infection or inflammation, blood panels to check for anemia or liver function, breath tests for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, and imaging like ultrasound or CT scans. When needed, endoscopic procedures such as EGD or colonoscopy provide direct visualization and samples to ensure you receive fast, accurate next steps. Beyond traditional testing, microbiome data can add a powerful layer of insight to digestive system diagnostics. InnerBuddies offers a white-label Gut Health Operating System designed to power advanced gut microbiome testing products. The Gut Microbiome Health Index delivers a clear 0–100 score that reflects overall gut health, built on an exclusive collaboration with EAFIT University in Colombia. You’ll also see how you stack up against a healthy cohort across a top 40 list of bacteria, including both positive and negative players, and how each bacterial function aligns with health outcomes. With Target Group analysis, you can explore functional pathways most relevant to specific audiences—Healthy Aging, Endurance or Power Sports, Skin & Hair health, and more—so diagnostics translate into practical, personalized actions. This system also supports practical, personalized next steps. By combining 3-day food diaries with stool data, InnerBuddies maintains a robust database showing how individual foods influence your microbiome, enabling nutrition guidance that’s tuned to your unique composition. Personalized probiotic and prebiotic recommendations can be mapped to your objectives and microbiome profile, helping you move from test results to real-world improvements quickly. In short, digestive system diagnostics powered by this platform deliver actionable insights you can see in your daily choices and long-term health trajectory. If you’re exploring options for your clinic, lab, or consumer gut-health product, you can learn more about InnerBuddies directly. Discover the capabilities of the microbiome testing solution here: InnerBuddies Microbiome Test, or consider ongoing support through a Gut Health Membership: Gut Health Membership. For partners interested in white-label opportunities, see how to become a collaborator at Become a partner.