This report highlights various aspects regarding the care of patients with IBS, as discussed on Wednesday during sessions presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is considered a functional bowel disorder, not an autoimmune disease. However, certain autoimmune diseases produce symptoms similar to IBS and you can have an autoimmune ...

(Medical Xpress)—Although some health care providers may overlook alternative therapies when treating functional bowel disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome, University of Florida faculty members ...

The more abnormalities in intestinal and brain function that IBS sufferers have, the more severe their symptoms of this functional bowel disorder, and the more adversely their everyday life is ...

HealthDay News — Factors associated with the overlap of upper functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have been identified, according to a study published in ...

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Low-dose tricyclic antidepressant therapy is effective in treating moderately severe functional symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who are not experiencing ...

IBS can be categorized by symptoms into IBS-C, IBS-D, and IBS-M. Effective treatments for IBS include diet changes, fiber supplements, and stress management. Up to 30% of people with IBS may switch ...

Researchers set out to separately classify functional bowel disorders in a recent study. Here are four things to know about the characteristics on functional bowel disorder patients, according to ...

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