Evidence exists of an increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome after an episode of bacterial gastroenteritis. 2 In one study, 12 out of 38 patients presented with bowel dysfunction 1 year after salmonella gastroenteritis. In another study, 386 patients with bacterial gastroenteritis were surveyed by questionnaire 6 months after infection, and 27 (7%) had developed irritable bowel syndrome. Bo...

of patient presentations at gastrointestinal clinics, and up to 50% or more of patients presenting with abdominal symptoms have no organic abnormality detected. The most common functional gastrointestinal conditions in Canada are irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and functional dyspepsia or nonulcer dyspepsia (NUD). Other functional disorders may affect specific regions of the alimentary tract, s...

43 INTRODUCTION Irritable bowel syndrome is a gastrointestinal disorder characterized by an alteration in bowel habit with abdominal pain in the absence of detectable structural disease (1). It is characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort in association with diarrhea, constipation, alternating diarrhea and constipation, or a mixture of these symptoms. It occurs in approximately 10%–20% of t...

conclusions the findings showed that benson relaxation training might be an effective therapy for improving quality of life in patients with ibs. background irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common functional disorders of the lower gastrointestinal tract that is characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits. this disorder changes the quality of life of patients. ob...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) in the community is 10%–20% and have symptom based diagnostic criteria. many symptoms of celiac disease (cd) with 1% prevalence in some communities can mimic ibs. sensitive and specific serologic tests of cd can detect asymptomatic cases. the purpose of this stud...

backgrounds: anxiety and depression are found to be the major contributors to irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). the present study aimed to measure the effect of a specifically designed cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt) program on the severity of the symptoms and quality of life of patients with chronic ibs, and also define whether anxiety and depression in patients with ibs at baseline affect t...

objectives : this study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of mindfulness-based therapy on improving life quality of patients with irritable bowel syndrome. method : this was an experimental study including 24 patients (12 from each group) with ibs syndrome were selected based on the romeiii criteria and were randomly placed in the test and control groups. in both groups, the scales of ...

background: pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy were previously used to increase the quality of life and decrease the severity and frequency of symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). the aim of this study was to compare the effect of using relaxation in addition to pharmacotherapy to reduce the severity and frequency of symptoms and to increase the quality of life in ibs patien...