BACKGROUND Although irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a multisymptom disorder, abdominal pain drives illness severity more than other symptoms. Despite consensus that IBS trials should measure pain to define study entry and determine efficacy, the optimal method of measuring pain remains uncertain. AIM To determine whether combining information from multiple pain dimensions may capture the IB...

Sir: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder. The disorder is characterized by chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of any organic disorder. Treatment of IBS includes dietary modification, psychotherapies, and medications. Among medications, antidepressants may be beneficial in IBS. We report a case in which symptoms of diarrhea-predominan...

Sir: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder. The disorder is characterized by chronic abdominal pain and altered bowel habits in the absence of any organic disorder. Treatment of IBS includes dietary modification, psychotherapies, and medications. Among medications, antidepressants may be beneficial in IBS. We report a case in which symptoms of diarrhea-predominan...

the main inflammatory bowel disorders are including celiac disease (cd), inflammatory bowel diseases (ibd) and irritable bowel syndrome (ibs). celiac disease is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that can damage the small intestine and characterized by a multitude gastrointestinal (gi) and extra gi symptoms. ibd (including ulcerative colitis and crohn’s disease) is a group of inflammatory cond...

Background: The main objective of this study is the Predictive role of personality traits with mediation of affective control in conjunction with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (ABS) among the students of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (2013-2014) Materials and Methods: This research is co relational studies with sample size of 384 (252 females and 132 males) who were selected by stratified r...

Background and Objectives: Gastrointestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and constipation can affect the quality of life and various factors play a role in these disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the environmental factors related to these problems among Iranian male university students. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 186 male students at ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the symptomatology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among health care professionals attending an IBS symposium in a tertiary care university hospital. METHOD A questionnaire designed to incorporate Manning and Rome II criteria was distributed among participants of an IBS symposium, most of them were health care professionals. A total of 100 questionnaires were distribut...

BACKGROUND In secondary care, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is frequently associated with non-colonic symptoms including lethargy, backache and chest pains which can result in inappropriate referral to different specialities with the condition remaining unrecognised. This could also be a problem in the elderly where comorbidity is common, especially as irritable bowel syndrome is usually assoc...