IAH AC Gastrointestinal Disease
IAH AC Gastrointestinal Disease
IAH AC Gastrointestinal Disease
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Functional disturbances of motility<br />
• Irritable bowel syndrome<br />
• 10-20% of people<br />
• Starts in adolescence and symptoms are not constant<br />
• New evidence suggests a major influence of stress<br />
• This is mediated via the brain-gut axis<br />
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is very common nowadays, and whereas before<br />
thought to be a psychosomatic disease, is now well recognized as including<br />
disturbances of the gut brain axis.<br />
This is compounded by stress, and we saw above, the stress have an influence<br />
on the gut lining.<br />
In IBS though there is also a disturbed communication between the gut and the<br />
brain, and there is a heightened sensory experience of pain in these patients.<br />
It is thus important to add medication which works on the emotions and the brain.<br />
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