Irritable bowel syndrome

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Background

  1. psychosocial factors
  2. altered gut motility
  3. hypersensitive intestinal pain perseption

Evaluation

Criteria

  1. Three months of pain:
    1. relieved by defecation
    2. associated with change of stool freq
    3. related to a change in stool consistency
  2. AND, 2 or more of the following symptoms 25% of the time
    1. >3 bm per day or < 3 bm per week
    2. altered stool form
    3. altered stool passage
    4. passage of mucous
    5. bloating

Workup

Differential Diagnosis

Management

See Also

External Links

Patient Information

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)

References