A 8-month-old male Infant, from Ivory Coast, born out of a non-consanguineous marriage, 2nd of a sibling of 2 children with an elder brother of 3 years without anomaly. He is from a non-follow-up pregnancy. He admitted in an array of chronic constipation, bloated stomach with few food vomiting evolving since the age of four (04) months. There was no bilious vomiting or stoppage of matter and ga...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a very common disorder. some researches have pointed to an interaction between psychiatric disorders and ibs. present study aimed to determine psychiatric disorders in patients with ibs compared to normal controls among an iranian population. materials and methods: all freshmen students (n=3012) of tehran university invited to the study at 2001. a t...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) with chronic abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits in the absence of any organic cause is identi_ed as the most common known gastrointestinal disorder. ibs affects both sexes and can occur at any age. diagnosis of this disease in younger patients and women is more likely. in the pathophysiology of ibs, hereditary, environmental, visceral, psycholo...

objectives: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is a common gastrointestinal disorder. due to its high prevalence and absence of curative therapy, ibs has the potential to create tremendous burden on the health care system. herein, we systematically reviewed the published literature to investigate the epidemiology of ibs in iran. methods: studies that were reviewed in this article were primarily ide...

there is a growing interest of clinical and epidemiological researches in the field of functional gastrointestinal disorders in our society. accordingly, validated and culturally adapted instruments are required for appropriate measurement of variables specially the quality of life. the aim of our study was the linguistic validation of the irritable bowel syndrome-quality of life questionnaire ...

background: dairy products intolerance is defined by existing of gastrointestinal symptoms following dairy product consumption. its prevalence varies among different countries. this study is conducted to determine the frequencies and severities of intolerance symptoms in the consumption of different dairy products in iranian students of medical sciences. methods: in this cross-sectional study, ...

BACKGROUND Evidence shows the negative impact of irritable bowel syndrome on the quality of life of patients who suffer from the condition as compared to the general population. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the health-related quality of life in adults with irritable bowel syndrome who are receiving treatment at a specialist hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study ...

background this study assesses the potential effect of lactobacillus reuteri as a single strain probiotic preparation (biogaia®) on irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). methods patients diagnosed with ibs who fulfilled rome iii criteria and consented to participate in this study were randomized to receive either the probiotic or an identical placebo once daily for four weeks. patients used a questio...

ectopic decidualization with gross involvement of the peritoneum is one of the rare findings in pregnant women particularly when ectopic decidualization disseminated as an asymptomatic intra-abdominal nodule. we present here a case of an ectopic decidualization in a 33-year-old pregnant woman with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome during pregnancy.