title: The recognition and treatment of the irritable bowel syndrome.
abstract: The irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by abdominal pain and/or altered bowel habit in the absence of detectable organic bowel disease. By convention, people with simple constipation are not usually included in this group of patients. IBS is a symptom-complex with many synonyms such as irritable colon, functional bowel disorder, nervous diarrhoea or spastic colon.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012812:Sigmoidoscopy
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate