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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).
Aziz, I, Mumtaz S, Bholah H et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015;13:1650–1655.
Bile acid disease: the emerging epidemic
Oduyebo I & Camilleri M. Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2017;33:189–195.
Challenging current views on bile acid diarrhoea and malabsorption
Guidance for the use of tauroselcholic (75selenium) acid (SeHCAT) for the investigation of diarrhoea due to bile acid malabsorption (BAM)...
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How common is bile acid diarrhoea (BAD)?
Professor David S. Sanders
Professor Sanders argues that many patients presenting with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have underlying diseases. He explores a series of studies that suggest approximately 25% of patients presenting with IBS symptoms have BAD as the underlying cause.
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