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Irritable bowel syndrome

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 2002
Because treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients can be frustrating to the clinician and patient as well, the physician should strive to gain the patient's confidence with a concise, appropriate work-up and by offering reassurance and education that IBS is a functional disorder without significant long-term health risks.
Joel A., Sach, Lin, Chang
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The Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Postgraduate Medicine, 1953
A discussion of functional bowel disturbances is presented, using the term irritable bowel syndrome. Etiologic factors are discussed and a useful classification is proposed. The diagnosis of the irritable bowel syndrome must be made by exclusion as well as by positive features, because identical symptoms are often produced by organic lesions ...
P L, SHALLENBERGER, P B, KERR
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 1999
I believe there are four essential elements in the management of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): to establish a good physician-patient relationship; to educate patients about their condition; to emphasize the excellent prognosis and benign nature of the illness; and to employ therapeutic interventions centering on dietary modifications ...
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Irritable bowel syndrome

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2001
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain and a change in bowel habits. It is estimated to occur in 9% to 22% of the US population, and is more often diagnosed in women than in men. There are no diagnostic markers for irritable bowel syndrome and no evidence of organic disease.
Y, Ringel, A D, Sperber, D A, Drossman
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Irritable bowel syndrome

The Lancet, 1997
Epidemiology Although IBS is the cause of 20–50% of referrals to gastroenterology clinics, most patients with IBS do not seek medical care. In 1980, Thompson and Heaton, using a precoded questionnaire, found that 14% of patients had a spastic colon with abdominal pain that was relieved by defaecation.
P R, Maxwell, M A, Mendall, D, Kumar
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

The Lancet, 1987
Although the past few years have seen an exponential growth of compounds of potential interest for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal (GI) tract disorders, the gap that still exists between basic and clinical research is easily noticed if one considers the relative paucity of drugs that have received marketing authorisation for the treatment ...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine, 2003
Irritable bowel syndrome, characterized by disordered bowel habits associated with abdominal pain or discomfort, affects roughly one in eight adults.
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The Irritable Bowel Syndrome

New England Journal of Medicine, 2001
In 1849, Cumming1 said of the irritable bowel syndrome, “The bowels are at one time constipated, another lax, in the same person. How the disease has two such different symptoms I do not profess to explain.” Over the years, the unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms of the irritable bowel syndrome have been described in various terms, including mucous ...
B J, Horwitz, R S, Fisher
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