Background & Aims: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional intestinal system disorder defined with specific intestinal symptoms and no organic cause. Since mental problem is one of the main factors in etiology of this syndrome, studying the impact of psychological therapies on IBS seems to be useful. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of problem solving and assertivene...

INTRODUCTION Bacterial diarrhea is considered a self-limiting illness lasting 3–5 days, but its complications can persist for weeks, months, and even years in some patients (1–3). One such complication is postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS), defined as the development of new enteric symptoms meeting objective criteria of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients who had normal bow...

s, Posters, Oral Presentations & Awards Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris, P., Gillanders, D. "Acceptance of irritable bowel syndrome as a mediator between anxiety and outcomes in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)‖. Gut, UEGW abstracts Supplement, A139. -Poster presented at the 18 th United European Gastroenterology Week, Barcelona, Spain, October 2010. Ferreira, N. B., Eugenicos, M., Morris,...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common functional gastrointestinal disorders in adults, children, and adolescents. This paper reviews etiology pathogenesis IBS, particularly its subtypes, postinfectious associated with a prior acute intestinal infection. The authors discuss risk factors, diagnosis, treatment for IBS describe diagnostic search therapeutic algorithm child. Treat...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common multi-factorial disorder affecting approximately 12% of the populations worldwide resulting in significant global morbidity1. Approximately one in ten patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) believes that their IBS began with an infectious illness. The persistence of these symptoms about the clearance of infecting pathogen is known as post infecti...

BACKGROUND The contribution of specific foods to the genesis of symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been increasingly recognised in recent years. OBJECTIVE This article discusses the dietary triggers for IBS and the role of diagnostic testing in patients with IBS. DISCUSSION In addition to the long standing implication of lactose in lactase deficient patients, fermentable dietary...

None required in se rm -0 07 71 44 0, v er si on 1 8 Ja n 20 13 We thank Dr. Jovani and colleagues for their comments regarding our review on associations between irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and gut inflammation. Many studies have assessed inflammatory markersin IBS and yielded a considerable amount ofheterogeneous data, which made the link between IBS and inflammation difficult to evaluate....