UPDATES ON MANAGEMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

UPDATES ON MANAGEMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME UPDATES ON MANAGEMENT OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

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Pathophysiology• Poorly understood, likely multifactorial• Proposed mechanismsGenetic predispositionAltered motilityVisceral afferent hypersensitivity& brain‐gut interactionsMucosal inflammationAlteration in fecal microfloraEmotional stressConflicting results

Genetic predisposition• Similar symptoms tends to run in family• Differences in inherited patterns of serotoninprocessing at the neuronal level• Study suggested that IBS is more common inpatients who have a first degree relatives whohas IBS symptoms• Another study showed that IBS is more commonin monozygotic than dizygotic twins, butpresence of a parent who had IBS was even morepredicitve for subsequent development of IBS

Pathophysiology• Poorly understood, likely multifactorial• Proposed mechanismsGenetic predispositionAltered motilityVisceral afferent hypersensitivity& brain‐gut interactionsMucosal inflammationAlteration in fecal microfloraEmotional stressConflicting results

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