Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are very different conditions that share a few symptoms in common, such as belly discomfort and diarrhea. Both are chronic and have no known cure. But IBD is much more serious. The inflammation that it causes can damage your...
Irritable bowel syndrome: bacteria and inflam- mation--clinical relevance now. Curr Treat Options Gastroen- terol 2007; 10: 312-321 [PMID: 17761124]Spiller RC. Irritable bowel syndrome: bacteria and inflammation - clinical relevance now. Curr Treat Options Gastroenterol 2007; 10: 312-21....
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a general term describing ulceration and/or inflammation in the GI tract, and is usually classified as either Crohn’s disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated the total health care cost of IBD...
Irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and the microbiome Giles Major and Robin Spiller Purpose of review The review aims to update the reader on current developments in our understanding of how the gut microbiota impact on inflammatory bowel disease and the irrita...
inflammation in subpopulations of patients meeting current diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome, therapeutic approaches shown to be effective in inflammatory bowel disease, such as probiotics, antibiotics, and antiinflammatory agents, have been suggested as possible therapies for certain patients ...
Inflammation in the intestines. Some people with IBS have an increased number of immune system cells in their intestines. This immune system response is associated with pain and diarrhea. Severe infection. IBS can develop after a severe bout of diarrhea, or gastroenteritis, caused by bacteria or...
In the past inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), celiac disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were regarded as completely separate disorders. Now, with the description of inflammation, albeit low-grade, in IBS, and of symptom overlap between IBS and celiac disease, this contention has come und...
Inflammatory bowel disease is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by various forms of chronic mucosal and/or transmural inflammation of the intestine. In this review, the authors discuss recent evidence suggesting several potential mechanisms that might play a pathophysiologic role in both ...
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 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 gastrointesti...