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Irritable Bowel Syndrome


Please have your symptoms diagnosed by a medical practitioner or doctor. It is important to remember that you cannot self diagnose IBS and there are many serious conditions that can mimic some IBS Symptoms.


 


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Report on the 7th International Symposium for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders The 7th International Symposium on Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders was held in Milwaukee on April 12–15, 2007. The meeting was sponsored by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD), in cooperation with the Functional Brain Gut Group (FBG).

This report highlights just some of the information presented at the Symposium. Nevertheless the information herein identifies several of the newer and more important research emerging in the field. Clearly many pieces of the puzzle are emerging, which will benefit patients with functional gastrointestinal (GI) and motility disorders.

http://www.iffgd.org/store/viewproduct/222

 

"Does Bacterial Overgrowth Play a Role in IBS?
Bacterial Overgrowth & IBS: Too Soon To Tell
By Philip Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi)
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

http://www.gastro.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1703

 

The above article talks about Post Infectious IBS.

Dr Spiller is a recognized expert on PI IBS and this is an up to date Paper on PI IBS.

This is medscape and you have to register but its free. Its an excellent update

"From Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Post-infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Posted 12/08/2005

Robin Spiller; Eugene Campbell

Clinical Features
Importance of Psychiatric Features
Role of Serotonin
Role of Inflammatory Cytokines
Role of Mast Cells
Evidence of Chronic Inflammation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Animal Models of Post-infective Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Anti-inflammatory Effect of Probiotics
Anti-inflammatory Treatments in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Conclusion

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Abstract and Introduction
Abstract
Purpose of Review: Irritable bowel syndrome patients form a heterogeneous group with a variable contribution of central and peripheral components. The peripheral component is prominent in irritable bowel syndrome developing after infection (post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome) and this has proved a profitable area of research.
Recent Findings: Recent studies have overthrown the dogma that irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by no abnormality of structure by demonstrating low-grade lymphocytic infiltration in the gut mucosa, increased permeability and increases in other inflammatory components including enterochromaffin and mast cells. Furthermore, increased inflammatory cytokines in both mucosa and blood have been demonstrated in irritable bowel syndrome. While steroid treatment has proved ineffective, preliminary studies with probiotics exerting an anti-inflammatory effect have shown benefit.
Summary: The study of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome has revealed the importance of low-grade inflammation in causing irritable bowel syndrome symptoms. It has suggested novel approaches to irritable bowel syndrome including studies of serotonin and histamine metabolism which may be relevant to other subtypes of of the disease."

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/518355?src=mp


 

Gastroenterology April 2006 Issue:


Rome III




http://www.romecriteria.org/GastroIssue.htm

 

Five-Year NIH Grant on Mind-Body Interactions and Health

September 2004

Chapel Hill, NC - The UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders has been awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to foster interdisciplinary research on the interactions among the mind and body in health and disease. The Center will receive a total of $4.3 million over a five-year period to establish a Gastrointestinal Biopsychosocial Research Center focused on the causes and treatment of functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorders.

http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc/news_09_2004-2.htm

 

Palsson Quoted in Newsweek Regarding Hypnosis and IBS Treatment

September 23, 2004

Chapel Hill, NC - Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D., is quoted in the September 27, 2004, edition of Newsweek magazine in an article titled "Altered States -- Hypnosis can help with problems from anxiety to pain. How it works and what it does in the brain." Dr. Palsson is a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The article notes how a growing body of research supports the ancient practice of hypnosis "as an effective tool in the treatment of a variety of problems, from anxiety to chronic pain." Dr. Palsson has conducted research in this area and has developed a detailed, seven-session hypnosis protocol for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), often including the vivid imagery used to address the abdominal pain associated with this functional bowel disorder.

http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/fgidc/news_09_2004-1.htm

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Challenges In The Physician-Patient Relationship: Feeling "DRAINED"
 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Taking Concepts Into Clinical Practice CME
Chairperson: Michael D. Gershon, MD; Faculty: Kevin W. Olden, MD; Walter L. Peterson, MD; Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD; Gervais Tougas, MD, CM, FRCPC

Release Date: August 15, 2002; Valid for credit through August 15, 2003


There is also The American Gastroenterological Association News page with what's new in clinical development and research. 

bullet Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adolescents
bullet The Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of irritable Bowel Syndrome and Other Functional GI Disorders
bullet Hormones and IBS
Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D.
William E. Whitehead, Ph.D.
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Report on the 4th International Symposium on Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
By: Douglas A. Drossman, M.D., UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders at Chapel Hill, and William F. Norton, IFFGD

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IBS in Men: A Different Disease?

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IBS Clinical Issues
Adapted from a radio interview conducted by Bob Enteen, host of Living Without Limits, with Douglas Drossman, MD, UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders at Chapel Hill North Carolina

bullet Improving The Doctor Patient Relationship
U.N.C
Douglas A. Drossman, MD 
Center Co-director
Donna D. Swantkowski, MEd
Center Coordinator
bullet Bacteria Overgrowth
Douglas Drossman, MD
bullet Psychosocial Factors in IBS: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding and Approach to Treatment  Yehuda Ringel, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division Digestive Diseases
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas A. Drossman, MD
Center Co-director
Edited by Donna Swantkowski, M.Ed.
Center Coordinator
bullet Comprehensive Overview of Constipation:
UNC
William E. Whitehead, PhD
Center Co- Director
bullet Post Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Robin C. Spiller, MD
Reader in Gasterenterology at the University
Hospital
Nottingham, UK
bullet The Effects of Hypnosis On Gastrointestinal Problems
Olafur S. Palsson, Psy. D.
Research Associate, UNC-CHAPEL Hill
Department of Medicines
bullet The Neurobiology of Stress and Emotions
By: Emeran A. Mayer, M.D., UCLA Mind Body Collaborative Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine, California
From the Winter 2001 issue of Participate from the IFFGD.

 

 




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