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==Patient Information== | ==Workup== | ||
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*[[Abdominal Pain]] | |||
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===Patient Information=== | |||
[http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/ibs_508.pdf Irritable Bowel Syndrome] (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) | [http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs/ibs_508.pdf Irritable Bowel Syndrome] (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse) | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 21 September 2014
Background
- psychosocial factors
- altered gut motility
- hypersensitive intestinal pain perseption
Diagnosis
Criteria
- Three months of pain:
- relieved by defecation
- assoc with change of stool freq
- related to a change in stool consistency
- AND, 2 or more of the following symptoms 25% of the time
- >3 bm per day or < 3 bm per week
- altered stool form
- altered stool passage
- passage of mucous
- bloating
Workup
Differential Diagnosis
Management
See Also
External Links
Patient Information
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse)