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Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Combating a Common Complaint (video)

A biopsychosocial model of irritable bowel syndrome pathophysiology. Irritable bowel syndrome is thought to be a multifactorial disorder, deriving from a potential multitude of etiopathogenic factors, including environmental, psychologic, and physiologic factors. This model highlights the complex, often bidirectional interplay of these factors in the experience of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.
A biopsychosocial model of irritable bowel syndrome pathophysiology. Irritable bowel syndrome is thought to be a multifactorial disorder, deriving from a potential multitude of etiopathogenic factors, including environmental, psychologic, and physiologic factors. This model highlights the complex, often bidirectional interplay of these factors in the experience of irritable bowel syndrome symptoms.

Irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder, manifesting as abdominal pain/discomfort and altered bowel function.  Despite affecting as many as 20% of adults, a lack of understanding of etiopathogenesis and evaluation strategies results in diagnostic uncertainty.

In the August 2015 issue of The American Journal of Medicine, Sayuk and Gyawali detail modern concepts about  irritable bowel syndrome and offer management options.

Read the research:

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Modern Concepts and Management Options

Watch the video. Here is Editor-In-Chief Dr. Joseph S. Alpert’s take on this topic.

 

 

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