In the past, irritable bowel syndrome was also called spastic colon or bowel, functional bowel disease, mucouscolitis, or nervous colon. What are the types of IBS? Based on different patterns of changes in the bowel movements or the presence of abnormal bowel movements,IBSis of three types. ...
It’s worth noting only about 40% of those who have IBS symptoms seek help from a physician [1]. IBS has been referred to by many different names – mucous colitis, nervous colon, spastic colon, and irritable colon. IBS often times gets confused with colitis or other inflammatory diseases...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), sometimes also called “spastic colon”, is a heterogenous, chronic disease with multifactorial pathogenesis [1]. Depending on diagnostic criteria, evaluated population, access to health care, and cultural impact, the prevalence of IBS fluctuates between 10 and 25%. ...