IBS Flashcards

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ROME III Criteria

A

Recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort at least 3 days per month in the last 2 months associated with:

  1. Improvement with defecation
  2. Onset associated with a change in stool frequency
  3. Onset associated with a change in from of stool
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Symptoms

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Abdominal pain

Misbehaving bowels

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3
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Examination

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Nutritional status
Anaemia
IBD
Masses, PR

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4
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Treatments for IBS C

A
Fibre
Osmotic laxatives
5-HT4 receptor antagonists (tegaserod, prucalopride)
Guanlycate cyclase agonist (linaclotide)
Selective C2 Chloride channel activators
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Treatments for IBS D

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Limit fruit
FODMAP Diet
Antispasmodics
Antidiarrhoeals
5-HT3 receptors antagonists (alosetron)
Anti-depressants
Anti-convulsant analgesics
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