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Functional Bowel Disorders in Apparently Healthy People
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Four clinically distinct functional bowel syndromes existed in almost one-third of the subjects studied, and constipation seemed to increase with age.About:
This article is published in Gastroenterology.The article was published on 1980-08-01. It has received 629 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Irritable bowel syndrome & Abdominal pain.read more
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U.S. householder survey of functional gastrointestinal disorders. Prevalence, sociodemography, and health impact.
Douglas A. Drossman,Zhiming Li,E Andruzzi,R D Temple,Nicholas J. Talley,W G Thompson,William E. Whitehead,J Janssens,Peter Funch-Jensen,E Corazziari +9 more
TL;DR: Symptom reporting, except for incontinence, declines with age, and low income is associated with greater symptom reporting, and the rate of work/school absenteeism and physician visits is increased for those having a functional gastrointestinal disorder.
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Functional food science and gastrointestinal physiology and function
Seppo Salminen,C Bouley,Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault,J H Cummings,A Franck,Glenn R. Gibson,E Isolauri,M C Moreau,Marcel Roberfroid,Ian Rowland +9 more
TL;DR: The develop-ment of functional foods for the gut is in its infancy and will be successful only if more fundamental research is done on digestive physiology, the gut microflora, immune system and mucosal function.
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AGA technical review on irritable bowel syndrome
TL;DR: Psychosocial factors, although not part of IBS per se, have an important role in modulating the illness experience and its clinical outcome.
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GSRS—A clinical rating scale for gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and peptic ulcer disease
TL;DR: An interview-based rating scale consisting of 15 items for assessment of gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome and peptic ulcer disease proved to be useful in comparing the effectiveness of different modes of treatment in two clinical trials.
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A constipation scoring system to simplify evaluation and management of constipated patients.
TL;DR: The proposed constipation scoring system correlated well with objective physiologic findings in constipated patients to allow uniformity in assessment of the severity of constipation.
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Towards positive diagnosis of the irritable bowel
TL;DR: It is concluded that a careful history can increase diagnostic confidence and reduce the amount of investigation in many patients with chronic abdominal pain.
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THE IRRITABLE COLON SYNDROMEA Study of the Clinical Features, Predisposing Causes, and Prognosis in 130 Cases
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Illness experience and life stresses in patients with irritable colon and with ulcerative colitis. An epidemiologic study of ulcerative colitis and regional enteritis in Baltimore, 1960-1964.
TL;DR: An epidemiologic study in Baltimore from 1960–1964 identified hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease and various control groups.
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Levels of Anxiety in Colonic Disorders
TL;DR: Patients with the irritable-colon syndrome who had predominantly diarrhea were significantly more anxious and more neurotic than the control population of general medical patients and did not differ significantly from the control group in these dimensions of personality.