BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome has been reported as more common in patients with morbid obesity than in the general population. The reason for this association is unknown. The aims of this study were to study the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome and other functional bowel disorders in patients with morbid obesity, and to search for predictors of irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS Pa...

BACKGROUND Abnormalities of gut motility and visceral pain perception are both thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome and may be susceptible to modulation by drugs affecting the various 5-HT receptor subtypes. The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic potential of a 5-HT3 antagonist in irritable bowel syndrome. METHODS Fifty patients with irritab...

Prokinetic drugs are being used with increasing frequency in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders including functional dyspepsia (FD) and constipation-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-C). Mosapride is a gastro-prokinetic agent that acts as a selective 5-HT4 agonist thereby accelerating gastric emptying. It has been used for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (I...

Objective. The effectiveness of an individualized and everyday approach to cognitive rehabilitation for schizophrenia was examined in a case study. Method. After cognitive and functional assessment, concrete objectives were targeted for the person's everyday complaints. Strategies were constructed based on an analysis of the cognitive profile, daily life functioning, and processes involved in a...

Background & Aims: Celiac disease or gluten-sensitive enteropathy is a relatively uncommon digestive disease. Moreover, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional bowel disorder. Some IBS patients have celiac disease, with similar IBS symptoms in addition to some serious complications. The only possible treatment for this condition is changing the patients diet (gluten free diet). Gi...

irritable bowel syndrome is the most common functional gastrointestinal disease and is among the most common reasons for outpatients doctor visit both in primary and specialty clinics. except for some changes in functional brain imaging and some mild gi mucosal inflammation there is no gross structural changes or pathological finding. patients suffer from lifelong chronic abdominal pain, diarrh...

Background After a failure of colorectal or coloanal anastomosis, redo anastomotic surgery aims to avoid the risk permanent stoma but, overall, provide satisfactory functional result and quality life. Very limited data exist regarding long-term results after successful anastomosis. The present study aimed report outcomes life in patients anastomosis Methods Between 2007 2018, all who had restor...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are defined as mesenchymal of the gastrointestinal tract expressing proto-oncogene protein CD 117. GIST is a rare tumor small bowel, which can be difficult to diagnose and has varied clinical outcome. Prognosis dependent on size mitotic count. Radical surgical excision (R0) treatment choice for resectable non-metastatic disease. Imatinib first-line therapy...