BACKGROUND The natural history of irritable bowel syndrome is unclear, including the likelihood that these patients will be diagnosed with an alternative organic or functional gastrointestinal disorder. Understanding the stability of an irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis may limit repeated diagnostic evaluation among these patients. METHODS The inclusion criteria included observational longit...

background: functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgids) entail several distinct conditions that collectively account for a sizeable proportion of patients complaining of abdominal pain. physicians' awareness is fundamental to avoid unnecessary evaluations and to alleviate stress-related problems. this study aimed to assess the relative frequencies of fgids and related categories in a selected...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-d) significantly diminishes the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients. Psychological and social impacts are common with many IBS-d patients reporting comorbid depression, anxiety, decreased intimacy, and lost working days. The Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life (IBS-QOL) questionnaire is a 34-item instrument develo...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of psychological factors that are related to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and their effects on the quality of life (QOL) of firefighters in South Korea. METHODS This study examined data collected from 1217 firefighters in South Korea. After identifying firefighters with IBS according to the Rome III diagnostic criter...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with persistent symptoms despite no or minimal inflammation are frequently described as having an overlap of IBD and irritable bowel syndrome (IBD-IBS). Limited data are available on how IBS impacts the individual patient with IBD. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of IBD-IBS and investigate its impact on patient-reported out...

INTRODUCTION Bacterial diarrhea is considered a self-limiting illness lasting 3–5 days, but its complications can persist for weeks, months, and even years in some patients (1–3). One such complication is postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS), defined as the development of new enteric symptoms meeting objective criteria of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients who had normal bow...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in overweight and obese individuals is characterized by a more severe course than patients with normal weight. The purpose. To assess the level of adipokines (leptin adiponectin) blood serum, correlation these laboratory markers clinical manifestations IBS, quality life, eating habits, signs anxiety depression based on results using special questionnaire IBS. Mate...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a group of symptoms manifesting as a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder in which patients experience abdominal pain, discomfort, and bloating that is often relieved with defecation. IBS is often associated with a host of secondary comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, headaches, and fatigue. In this review, we examined the basic principles of Pancha...

Several studies have shown that a large number of patients who are fulfilling the criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are sensitive to gluten. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a gluten-free diet on gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with IBS. In this double-blind randomized, placebo-controlled trial, 148 IBS patients fulfilling the Rome III criteria were enrolled b...

INTRODUCTION Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder with an estimated prevalence of up to 20% in the United States (1). Although few individuals with IBS seek medical treatment for their symptoms (1), IBS is the most frequent diagnosis made by gastroenterologists (2). Individuals with IBS have reduced health-related quality of life, substantially d...