Overlapping conditions in women with irritable bowel syndrome

Urol Nurs. 2005 Feb;25(1):25-30; quiz 31.

Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome is a common and often unpredictable disorder with an increased incidence among women. It is characterized by abdominal pain associated with constipation-diarrhea. Recent research, current theories about etiology and pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and overlapping conditions such as interstitial cystitis and chronic pelvic pain are discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antidiarrheals / therapeutic use
  • Behavior Therapy
  • Cathartics / therapeutic use
  • Chronic Disease
  • Comorbidity
  • Cystitis, Interstitial / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome* / epidemiology
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome* / etiology
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome* / therapy
  • Parasympatholytics / therapeutic use
  • Pelvic Pain / diagnosis
  • Prevalence
  • Serotonin Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Sex Distribution
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antidiarrheals
  • Cathartics
  • Parasympatholytics
  • Serotonin Antagonists