title: Symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in ulcerative colitis in remission.
abstract: The prevalence of symptoms suggestive of a motility disturbance similar to the irritable bowel syndrome was investigated in 98 patients with ulcerative colitis in remission, and a similar number of age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Thirty-three per cent of patients compared with 7% of controls fulfilled the criteria for such a syndrome (p<0.01). Contrary to expectations these symptoms were not confined to patients with distal disease. Other symptoms such as constipation were also very common in the colitic group (31%).
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003106:Colon / Q000503:physiopathology; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000209:etiology*; D003672:Defecation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain