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Irritable bowel syndrome [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disease with a high population prevalence. The disorder can be debilitating in some patients, whereas others may have mild or moderate symptoms. The most important single risk factors are female sex, younger age and preceding gastrointestinal infections.
Juliane Schwille-Kiuntke, Robin Spiller, Beate Niesler   +2 more
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Irritable bowel syndrome [PDF]

Lancet, The, 2020
Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional gastrointestinal disorder with symptoms including abdominal pain associated with a change in stool form or frequency. The condition affects between 5% and 10% of otherwise healthy individuals at any one point in time and, in most people, runs a relapsing and remitting course.
Alexander Ford, Michael Camilleri, Ami Sperber   +2 more
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome [PDF]

Annals of Internal Medicine
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder, with a prevalence of 4% to 10%. It is a chronic condition characterized by abdominal pain in conjunction with altered bowel habits, abdominal distention, or bloating. IBS can present with 3 different defecation patterns: IBS with constipation, IBS with diarrhea, or mixed IBS.
Katarina B. Greer, Shahnaz Sultan
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome [PDF]

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice, 2017
The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic and sometimes disabling functional bowel disorder.1,2 Traditionally, this functional diagnostic label has been applied when no obvious structural or biochemical abnormalities are found, but emerging evidence suggests that distinct pathophysiological disturbances may account for the symptoms and that IBS ...
Ford, Alexander C., Lacy, Brian E., Talley, Nicholas J.   +2 more
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Impact of different stress paradigms on irritable bowel syndrome: Evidence from clinical and animal studies [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research
Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habits, a condition significantly influenced by stress.
Mingxu Zheng, Shaopeng Sun, Bin Lv
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Correlation between 5-HT and Diarrhea-type Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Regulation by Traditional Chinese Medicine [PDF]

Zhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is an important brain intestinal peptide that affects gastrointestinal function in patients with diarrhea-type irritable bowel syndrome.
SU Haixia, FU Zhaoyuan, GAO Yongze, YU Rongrong, ZHONG Jianchun
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Is there a difference between patients with functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome in headache manifestation? [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2023
Introduction/Objective. The objective was to explore whether there is a difference in headache manifestation and level of its intensity in patients with functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome. Methods.
Starčević Ana, Marjanović-Haljilji Marija, Milić Ljiljana, Filipović Branka   +3 more
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Women with Euthyroid Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: Is There Any Relationship Between Thyroid Autoimmunity and Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: The relationship between euthyroid Hashimoto thyroiditis and irritable bowel syndrome is not well elucidated. The objective of this study is to estimate the rates of irritable bowel syndrome using Rome IV diagnostic criteria in both Hashimoto ...
Aylia Yeşilova, Müge Bilge, Yasemin Gökden, Mine Adaş   +3 more
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Prevalence of Irritable bowel syndrome among medical students in Erbil city

Advanced Medical Journal, 2023
Background and objectives: Irritable bowel syndrome is a type of functional bowel disease characterized by recurrent abdominal pain associated with a change in stool frequency or consistency without evidence of organic pathology.
Rawand Hamza, Sinan Butrus
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

Medical Clinics of North America, 2000
Patients with IBS need an integrated, individualized approach to treatment, with a foundation based on a successful patient-physician relationship. The emotional and psychologic needs of the patients need to be considered in a successful management plan.
Koloski, Natasha A., Talley, Nicholas J.
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