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Functional Bowel Disorders Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 broad categories of GI disease?

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Structural

Functional

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What is the difference between structural and functional GI disease?

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Structural has detectable pathology whereas functional does not

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What are examples of functional GI disorders?

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Oesophageal spasm

Non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD)

Biliary dyskinesia

Irritable bowel syndrome

Slow transit constipation

Drug related effects

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What does NUD stand for?

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Non-ulcer dyspepsia

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What do functional GI disorders have a large impact on?

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Quality of life

Psychological factors

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What are functional GI disorders not associated with that structural disorders are?

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Serious pathology

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What is non-ulcer dyspepsia?

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Chronic or recurrent abdominal pain or nausea, without an ulcer

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What is the helicobacter pylori status of non-ulcer dyspepsia?

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It varies

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What diseases i non-ulcer dyspepsia probably a combination of?

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Reflux

Low grade duodenal ulceration

Delayed gastric emptying

Irritable bowel syndrome

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What does the diagnosis of non-ulcer dyspepsia involve?

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Careful history and examination - FH is important

H Pylori status

Alarm symptoms

If in doubt, endoscopy

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What therapy is required for non-ulcer dyspepsia when H Pylori is positive?

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Eradication therapy

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12
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What is nausea?

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The sensation of feeling sick

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13
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What is retching?

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Dry heaves (antrum contracts, glottis closed)

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What is vomiting?

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Abdominal contents expelled

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What is often found in the history of nausea and vomiting immediately, 1 hour or more, 12 hours?

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Immediate cause is psychogenic

1 hour or more is due to pyloric obstruction or motility disorders (diabetes, post gastrectomy)

12 hours or more is obstruction

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16
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What are some functional causes of nausea and vomiting?

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Drugs

Pregnancy

Migraine

Cyclical vomiting syndrome

Alcohol

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What is psychogenic vomiting?

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Vomiting without any obvious organ pathology or with a psychological aetiology

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18
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Who often suffers from psychogenic vomiting?

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Young woman

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19
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What often happens to psychogenic vomiting after admission?

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It stops

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What is irritable bowel syndrome?

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Condition of the digestive system that can cause crampls, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation

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What is slow transit constipation?

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Reduced motility of the large intestine caused by abnormalities of the enteric nerves

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22
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How does bowel habit from person to person vary?

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There is a great variation in both bowel habit and stool weight

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23
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What is the average stool weight in the UK?

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100-200g/day

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What should be known about the interpretation of the word constipation?

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It means different things to different people, so a better approach is to ask the patient about changes in the frequency, consistency, presence of blood or mucus from there normal

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25
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What are alarm symptoms relating to constipation?

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Age >50 years

Short symptoms history

Unintentional weight loss

Nocturnal symptoms

Male sex

Family history of bowel/ovarian cancer

Anaemia

Rectal bleeding

Recent antibiotic use

Abdominal mass

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26
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What investigations should be done for slow transit constipation?

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Colonoscopy

FBC

Blood glucose

U + E

Thyroid status

Coeliac serology

FIT testing

Sigmoidoscopy

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27
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What are different categories of the aetiology of constipation?

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Systemic

Neurogenic

Organic

Functional

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28
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What are examples of systemic causes of constipation?

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Diabetes mellitus

Hypothyroidism

Hypercalcaemia

29
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What are examples of neurogenic causes of constipation?

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Autonomic neuropathies

Parkinson disease

Strokes

Multiple sclerosis

Spina bifida

30
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What are examples of organic causes of constipation?

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Strictures

Tumours

Diverticular diseases

Proctisis

Anal fissure

31
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What are examples of functional causes of constipation?

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Megacolon

Idiopathic constipation

Depression

Psychosis

Institutionalised patients

32
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What are clinical features of irritable bowel syndrome?

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Abdominal pain

Altered bowel habit

Abdominal bleeding

Belching wind and flatus

Mucus

33
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What does IBS stand for?

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Irritable bowel syndrome

34
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What do NICE guidelines say is required to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome?

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Abdominal pain/discomfort relieved by defaecation or association with altered stool frequency/form plus two or more of:

altered stool passage

abdominal bloating/distension

symptoms made worse by eating

passage of mucus

35
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What can be said about abdominal pain for IBS?

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Very variable

36
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What are different kinds of abdominal pain that can be felt with IBS?

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Vague

Bloating

Burning

Sharp

37
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Does abdominal pain due to IBS ever radiate?

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Occasionally, often to the lower back

38
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What are some examples of altered bowel habit for IBS?

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Constipation (IBS-C)

Diarrhoea (IBS-D)

Both diarrhoea and constipation (IBS-M)

Variability

Urgency

39
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What symptoms often coincide with bloating?

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Wind and flatulence

Relaxation of abdominal wall muscles

Mucus in stool

40
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What is the physical examination for IBS like?

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Normal

41
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What investigations are done for IBS?

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Blood analysis

Stool culture

Calprotectin

FIT testing

42
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What causes calprotectin to be released?

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Inflamed gut

43
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What is calprotectin used to differentiate?

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IBS from IBD, and to monitor IBD

44
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What is the treatment for IBS?

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Education and reassurance

Dietetic review

45
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What is discussed in a dietetic review for IBS?

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Tea, coffee, alcohol, sweetener

Lactose, gluten exclusion trial

FODMAP

46
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What is the FODMAPS diet?

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Excess fructose

Lactose

Fructans

Galactans

Polyols

47
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What drug therapy is given for pain due to IBS?

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Antispasmodics

Linaclotide (IBS-C)

Antidepressants

48
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What drug therapy is given for bloating due to IBS?

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Some probiotics

Linaclotide (IBS-C)

49
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What drug therapy is given for constipaition due to IBS?

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Laxatives

Linaclotide

50
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What drug therapy is given for diarrhoea due to IBS?

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Antimotility agents

FODMAP diet

51
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What psychological interventions can be done for IBS?

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Relaxation training

Hypnotherapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy

Psychodynamic interpersonal therapy

52
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What patients should get relaxation training for IBS?

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Patients with diarrhoea and psychological comorbidity

53
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What is the mode of action of relaxation training?

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Uses progressive muscle relaxation, biofeedback and meditation for stress relief

54
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What is the mode of action for hypotherapy?

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Hypnosis induces a state of deep relaxation

55
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What patients with ISB should receive hypnosis?

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Refractory patients with pain, constipation, flatulence or anxiety

56
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What is flatulence?

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Build up of gas in the digestive system that leads to abdominal discomfort

57
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What is the mode of action of cognitive behavioural therapy?

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Involves identifying symptom triggers and learning to respond more appropriately

58
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What patients with IBS is cognitive behaviour therapy useful for?

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Ones with abdominal pain, bloating or flatulence

59
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What patients with IBS is cognitive behaviour therapy not effective for?

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Ones with depression or when patients believe in a physical cause for their symptoms

60
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What is the mode of action of psychodynamic interpersonal therapy?

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Helps the patient to understand how emotions and bowel syndromes interrelate

61
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What patients with IBS is psychodynamic interpersonal therapy useful for?

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Patients with a history of abuse

62
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What patients with IBS is psychodynamic interpersonal therapy not useful for?

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Patients with constipation, constant pain or depression

63
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What causes IBS?

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Altered motility

Visceral hypersensitivity

Stress, anxiety, depression

64
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In simple terms, what is the bowel?

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A muscular tube that squeezes content from one end to the oyther

65
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In what form of IBS are muscular contractions of the bowel stronger, and what form are they weaker?

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In IBS-D muscular contractions may be stronger

In IBS-C contractions may be reduced

66
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What is an example of gut response triggers being altered in IBS?

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Contractions can be triggered by walking and eating

67
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What is the awareness of someones gut who has IBS like?

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Excessive awareness of normal digestive processes, which most people do not feel

68
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How is the sensitivity of the gut due to stress in IBS different from normal?

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The gut is more sensitive

69
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What can be said about mortality and qualitiy of life of functional GI problems?

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Low mortality

High impact on quality of life

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