Functional and GI motility disorders

GI Motility Disorders in Elderly

With increasing age, there is functional impairment of the gastrointestinal tract which is also aggravated by the various co-morbidities and adverse effect of many medications 1. On the whole, there is reduced or impaired co-ordination of contraction of the muscular wall of the various parts of the gastrointestinal tract, leading to various types of mobility problems 2. The dramatic increase in...

Pathophysiology of Neurogastroenterological Disorders: GI Motility and Sensory Disorders ORGANIZATION OF THE CONTROL OF GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY

Functional GI disorders: what's in a name?

In December 2004, when the 28 chairs and co-chairs of the Rome III committees convened, part of the agenda pertained to whether the designation "Functional GI Disorders (FGID)" should be abandoned. Although many recognized the negative connotations attributed to the term, there was no consensus on an alternate designation. Eventually, a referendum of all 90 committee members led to a decision t...

Translating symptoms into mechanisms: functional GI disorders.

Functional gastrointestinal disorders are the most common problem in gastroenterological practice. They are defined by chronic abdominal symptom complexes that occur in the absence of underlying structural abnormalities. The pathogenesis of these disorders is heterogeneous and involves behavioral, infective, and inflammatory components. Common symptoms are abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation...

Functional GI Disorders: A Psychiatric Perspective

At first glance, it would seem peculiar to be discussing GI disorders in a psychiatric publication. However, functional GI disorders (FGIDs) represent a unique subset of GI disorders that have strong psychiatric implications beyond mere psychiatric comorbidity and/or psychosocial distress, which are indeed frequent concomitants of these disorders. There is increasing evidence that psychopharmac...