IBS considerably affects quality of life and imposes a profound burden on patients, physicians and the health-care system. The past decade has seen remarkable progress in our understanding of functional bowel disorders such as IBS that will be summarized in this Primer....
Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic condition that affects the digestive system. The most common symptoms of IBS are abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits such as constipation and/or diarrhea.
Irritable bowel syndrome affects 9% to 27% of the adult North American population, and fiber supplementation is commonly recommended as a nonpharmacologic treatment to as many as 88% of all IBS patients.28,35-37 Insoluble fiber undergoes minimal changes in the digestive tract and shortens colonic...
Irritable bowel syndrome (or IBS) affects the colon, or large bowel, which is the part of the digestive tract that stores stool (poo). People with IBS appear to have sensitive bowels that are easily 'upset'. IBS is a very common problem. One in five Australians have the unpleasant ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most prevalent disorder of brain-gut interactions that affects between 5 and 10% of the general population worldwide. The current symptom criteria restrict the diagnosis to recurrent abdominal pain associated with altered bowel habits, but the majority of patient...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is defined as a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder. Functional bowel disorders are disorders of the GI tract in which an organic or structural lesion responsible for symptom development cannot be identified. IBS is defined using the Rome criteria, and in its ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic condition that affects your gastrointestinal (GI) system. It is considered a gut-brain interaction disorder.1People with IBS have especially sensitive nerve endings in their bowel walls. You may have bloating, cramping, gas, and abrupt changes to your...
Irritable bowel syndrome is not contagious, inherited or cancerous. Neither does it mean that there is a problem with the structure of the intestine. When an individual is diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome it means the intestine is not functioning normally, particularly the large intestine. ...
Regarding the regulation of psychological factors, especially of depression, one candidate is the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which acts as the principal interface of the gut–brain axis. Other candidates are some gastrointestinal hormones, like cholecystokinin (CCK), which affects mechanosensitivity...
Irritable bowel syndrome affects 10% of adults with an unexplained female predominance. Although only a few people see their family doctor, the disease causes reduced quality of life and represents a multi-billion pound health-care problem. The disorder clusters in families, which is possibly becaus...