Fifteen patients with severe intractable irritable bowel syndrome previously reported as successfully treated with hypnotherapy, have now been followed up for a mean duration of 18 months. All patients remain in remission although two have experienced a single relapse overcome by an additional session of hypnotherapy. Experience with a further 35 patients is reported giving a total group of 50....

The prevalence and severity of irritable bowel symptoms was assessed by systematic questioning in 44 constipated volunteers, most of whom had documented slow intestinal transit. All but two had one or more of the following: passage of mucus, rectal dissatisfaction, bloating, and abdominal pain relieved by defecation. All the symptoms were more prevalent than in 17 normal volunteers or in 301 ap...

PURPOSE This study was designed to evaluate whether probiotics improve symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched for studies that investigated the efficacy of probiotics in the management of irritable bowel syndrome. Clinical improvement was the key outcome of interest. D...

Irritable bowel syndrome is a disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with unknown etiology. Recent clinical data support a link between changes in fecal microbiota with decreased biodiversity and the development of irritable bowel syndrome. Whether these changes of the microbiota are caused by the disease or whether they develop during the course of the disease remains unclear. Several studies ...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gut problem that interferes with many people's enjoyment of life. OBJECTIVE Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gut problem that interferes with many people's enjoyment of life. DISCUSSION The underlying pathophysiology of IBS is not yet fully understood. People's experience of IBS can fluctuate over time and various bowel symptom...

background: various studies on prevalence of celiac disease in patients with irritable bowel syndrome in iran is available that chiefly, the prevalence of this disease and its association with several factors have been investigated. in order to gain a better perspective of iran and spread across the heterogeneity, all studies included in the systematic review, the findings were analyzed and use...

background: irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is identified by chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of organic etiology. premature ejaculation is the most common male sexual disorder. we aimed to evaluate the frequency of premature ejaculation disorders in patients with ibs referred to a gastrointestinal clinic in rafsanjan, iran, in 2012. materials and methods: of all th...

irritable bowel syndrome (ibs) is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation. this disorder results in numerous clinic visits. ibs is a health problem with a high social and economic burden due to the lack of an effective treatment. its etiology consists of biological, psychological and social factors. there is increasing evidence that psychotherapy, in particul...

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BACKGROUND Blastocystosis is a frequent bowel disease. We planned to to evaluate the prevalence of Blastocystis spp. in patients who applied to the same internal medicine-gastroenterology clinic with or without gastrointestinal complaints to reveal the association of this parasite with diagnosed IBS and IBD. METHODS A total of 2334 patients with gastrointestinal symptoms composed the study gr...