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....
O’Leary,C,Quigley,EMM.Small bowel bacterial overgrowth, celiac disease, and IBS: what are the real associations?. The American journal of Gastroenterology . 2003O'Leary, C. and Quigley, E. M. (2003). Small bowel bacterial overgrowth, celiac disease and IBS: what are the associations?
A condition that causes inflammation, such as allergies, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), or inflammatory bowel disease (IBS) An obstruction, such as food that gets stuck in your child's airway Gastroesophageal reflux (GER)What are the signs and symptoms of bronchiectasis?Periods...
IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease, also involves significant abdominal pain, but is much rarer and leads to more dangerous complications than IBS. IBD carries with it an increased risk of colon cancer as well as an increased likelihood of developing abscesses, ulcers, and bowel obstructions. Th...
Yellow stoolsmay be a sign of excess fat in stools due to celiac disease or problems with your pancreas. It can also be due to a parasitic infection calledgiardiasis.1 Orange stoolsmay be due to medications or diet, but may also be caused by a lack of bile or the malabsorption of bile...
Just like type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis, obesity is a disease…and a difficult-to-control one, at that. When the American Medical Association officially recognized this in 2013, it was an important step forward, educating millions of people, including health care providers, that obesity...
In addition to the above causes, there may be some underlying disease causing diarrhea, such as Over-secretion of hormones IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Lactose Intolerance, Tumors (Bowelcancer) Radiation/Environmental enteropathy Certain prescription drugs or thyroid disorders likeHyperthyroidismamong othe...
Constipation is a very common symptom. It can be caused by several factors, such as: Certain medical conditions or nutritional problems, including: Celiac disease Functional gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Disorders that affect your brain and spine, such as Parkinson...
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Acute Retention of Urine In The Bladder (more in elderly men) Fibroid Miscarriage Crohns Disease Twisted Testicle Diagnosis Of Abdominal Pain In order to find out what could be causing abdominal pain in a patient, doctors usually want a very good story describing the pain, then proceeds to carr...