Aims and objectivesThis study aimed to explore patients' experiences of healthcare encounters in severe irritable bowel syndrome. BackgroundIrritable bowel syndrome is a common functional disorder with symptoms such as abdominal pain and disturbed bowel habits, the cause of which is not completely ...
Hypnosis improves irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but the mechanism is unknown. Possible physiological and psychological mechanisms were investigated in two studies. Patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome received seven biweekly hypnosis sessions and used hypnosis audiotapes at home. Rectal pain thr...
Bleser S. Alosetron for severe diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: improving patient outcomes. Curr Med Res Opin 2011; 27: 503-512 [PMID: 21208139 DOI: 10.1185/03007995.201 0.547933]Bleser S.Alosetron for severe diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome: improving patient outcomes. ...
The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between change in interpersonal difficulties with change in chronic pain, health status and psychological state in 257 irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients in a randomized control trial comparing psychotherapy, antidepressant and usual care...
The cost-effectiveness of psychotherapy and paroxetine for severe irritable bowel syndrome Background & Aims: Psychotherapy and antidepressants are effective in patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but the cost-effectiveness o...
Background Inflammation and immune activation have repeatedly been suggested as pathogentic factors in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The driving force for immune activation in IBS remains unknown. The aim of our study was to find out if the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia could be involve...
Another culprit of severe abdominal bloating, irritable bowel syndrome, is a disease of the lower intestinal tract that causes constipation, diarrhea, and stomach pain. The inability of the small intestine to form enzymes results in lactose intolerance, which requires those who suffer from it to av...
The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may lead to considerable impairment of health-related quality of life and high health care costs. It is not clear whether these poor outcomes directly result from severe bowel symptoms or reflect a coexisting psychiatri
Particularly problematic has been that the various symptom criteria often overlap; for example, pain occurs in irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia. The problem becomes worse for clinicians. Although useful for research purposes, formal MUS diagnostic criteria have too many false ...
A patient with gas symptom-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who complained of recurrent severe abdominal pain was successfully treated with Saiko-sokan-to. The patient was a 31-year-old male. Beginning in November, 1994, he repeatedly visited the emergency clinic with severe abdominal pai...