IBS is an extremely common gastrointestinal disorder that significantly reduces patient quality of life. Treatment options for IBS have long been limited to symptom management. However, a new understanding of IBS has recently emerged, in which a dysfunctional gut–brain–microbiome axis is responsible ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most commonof all gastroenterological diseases. While manymechanisms have been postulated to explain itsetiology, no single mechanism entirely explains theheterogeneity of symptoms seen with the variousphenotypes of the disease. Recent data from both basic and ...
). Although IBD and IBS both affect the intestines and can cause similar symptoms, they are very different conditions. IBD actually refers to a cluster of disorders, but the two major types are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis; both are chronic conditions characterized...
Prescription medications may also be part of your treatment. They may include drugs for constipation, diarrhea, pain, anddepressionoranxiety. However, drug treatment is often a challenge with IBS-M. That’s because medication for diarrhea can make constipation worse, and vice-versa. The bestmedica...
The cause of IBS is not known. While many factors are likely to contribute to disease onset, one specific cause has not been identified and it is likely that multiple factors are involved. Factors thought to cause IBS include visceral hypersensitivity (i.e. a more sensitive gut); changes in...
Have a family history of IBS There are no specific tests for IBS, according to Harvard Health Publishing. Diagnosis usually occurs when symptoms are typical for the condition and other digestive disorders — such as celiac or inflammatory bowel disease — have been ruled out. ...
These symptoms occur without any visible signs of damage or disease inside the digestive system, meaning the exact cause of IBS is still unknown. IBS must be confirmed by a GP. It’s usually a lifelong condition and symptoms can change over time. Whilst it doesn’t cause inflammation, any ...
IBS should not be ‘self-diagnosed’. Instead, if you suspect you have IBS, see your medical doctor for a proper diagnosis. Getting a diagnosis is important to rule out other more serious conditions, such as coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and endometriosis. Your doctor can run tes...
From among the many functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), I have selected the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a frequent condition still having some unsolved problems with the diagnosis and characteristic features. To show the complexity of this disease, below I summarize definitions of IBS....
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is traditionally defined as a functional disorder since it lacks demonstrable pathological abnormalities. However, in recent... L Zhang,J Song,X Hou - 《J Neurogastroenterol Motil》 被引量: 27发表: 2016年 Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinicia...