Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome?

Gastrointestinal complaints are one of the most common reasons individuals seek medical care. Many have been through numerous physician consultations and treatment modalities without relief. Unfortunately, millions more suffer silently, thinking that their GI symptoms are “normal”; while self-medicating with antacids, Pepto Bismal or food avoidance. Additionally, many GI complaints are embarras...

Diets and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder, which is characterized by the presence of abdominal pain or discomfort associated with altered bowel habits. This systematic review aimed to assess the nutritional factors (dietary patterns and food groups) associated with IBS. Methods: Articles were collected ...

Is irritable bowel syndrome a low-grade inflammatory bowel disease?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is multifactorial in its etiology and heterogeneous in its clinical presentation and pathogenesis. It is recognized that inflammation plays an important role in symptom generation, at least in a subset of patients with IBS. Previous gastroenteritis has been identified as the most important risk factor for IBS, and several studies reported that a substantial propor...

Irritable bowel syndrome--the new inflammatory bowel disease?

Irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease and the microbiome

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The review aims to update the reader on current developments in our understanding of how the gut microbiota impact on inflammatory bowel disease and the irritable bowel syndrome. It will also consider current efforts to modulate the microbiota for therapeutic effect. RECENT FINDINGS Gene polymorphisms associated with inflammatory bowel disease increasingly suggest that inter...