Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Overview

Journal Prim Care

Specialties General Medicine
Public Health

Date 2017 Nov 15

PMID 29132527

Citations 73

Authors

Dean Nathanial Defrees

Justin Bailey

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Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome is a common medical condition that significantly alters patient quality of life and presents a series of diagnostic and treatment challenges to the treating provider. This article provides an updated and straightforward overview of the disease, its pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment options.

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