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Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome
Symptoms in this patient point towards a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)IBS is characterised by the presence of recurring abdominal pain linked to changes in the pattern of bowel movements, be it constipation, diarrhoea, or both.
Diarrhoea symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease
We do not know exactly why patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have clinical symptoms. There is no correlation between endoscopic lesions and the clinical manifestations assessed by the Crohn’s disease activity index.
Physiology of bile acid diarrhoea
Bile acid diarrhoea (BAD) is a common but under-recognised cause of chronic functional diarrhoea, accounting for up to a third of patients who otherwise would be labelled as diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).
Some patients with irritable bowel syndrome may have exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Leeds J et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010;8:433–438.
MARCH 2020
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