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 ...
Intestinal motility in irritable bowel syndrome: is IBS a motility disorder? Part 1. De nition of IBS and colonic motility. Dig Dis Sci 1993;38:1761-2.McKee DP, Quigley FM: Intestinal motility in irritable bowel syndrome: is IBS a motility disorder? Part 2. Motility of the small bowel, ...
Douglas A. Drossman, MD It's a disorder, a functional GI disorder where there's abdominal pain primarily, with some alteration of bowel habit. Some people can have what's called diarrhea predominant, where you have abdominal pain. Often you might get the pain after a meal or when under ...
aIrritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder characterised by abdominal pain and bloating in association with altered bowel movements. Its pathogenesis and the underlying molecular mechanisms of visceral hyperalgesia remain elusive. Recent studies of somatic and other visceral pain ...
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of the large intestine that can affect Singaporeans of all ages. In fact, one in ten Singaporeans suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Dr Gwee Kok Ann, President of the IBS Support Group Singapore). What exactly is Irritable Bowel Syndrome...
IBS is a very common gastrointestinal disorder that affects 1 in 7 people. Once known as ‘spastic colon’, abdominal pain and abnormal bowel habits (constipation, diarrhea or a mixture of both) are key features of IBS.(1) Other symptoms may also be present including:bloating...
We don’t know exactly what disrupts the workings of the intestines in the first place, but we do know what can trigger flares of the disorder. Food is a biggie, and I’ll address that in the next section. Aside from food and eating issues, another significant IBS trigger is stress. ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder in which the intestines do not work normally. Other names for IBS are spastic colon or functional bowel disease. The consequences of the malfunction of the intestines are is abdominal pain that is associated with constipation, diarrhea, or cons...
IBS is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. As opposed to IBD, this disorder is considered non-inflammatory in that it does not result in any evident signs of inflammation or damage in the gastrointestinal tract. This is why doctors call IBS a functional disease, because it tri...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. The symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome occur simultaneously. It is considered a lifelong condition, but symptoms can change over time. Furthermore, IBS symptoms can vary between individuals, as some have more se...