Gastrointestinal symptoms are highly prevalent, but many people who have them will have
no organic explanation for their symptoms. Most of these people will be labelled as having a …

Irritable bowel syndrome affects 10% of adults with an unexplained female predominance.
Although only a few people see their family doctor, the disease causes reduced quality of life …

The frequent co-occurrence of irritable bowel syndrome and the common mental disorders
of anxiety and depression is well established. A range of biological and psychosocial …

Brain–gut interactions affect psychological wellbeing and symptom reporting in functional
gastrointestinal disorders; the presence of anxiety or depression is associated with the …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional bowel disorder characterised by
symptoms of recurrent abdominal pain associated with a change in bowel habit. This …

Every May, Gastroenterology publishes a supplemen-tary issue devoted to a topic of
particular interest to the science and practice of gastroenterology. Through a collaboration …

Traditionally, irritable bowel syndrome has been considered to be a disorder with no known
underlying structural or biochemical explanation, but this concept is likely to be outdated. In …

Functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders (eg irritable bowel syndrome and functional
dyspepsia) are very common conditions which are associated with very poor quality of life …

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are common conditions, with well-established
diagnostic criteria. They are associated with impaired health-related quality of life and …

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), the most common diagnoses in
gastroenterology, are recognized by morphologic and physiological abnormalities that often …