title: Women's colonic digestive health.
abstract: Digestive problems in women are common and sometimes debilitating. Twenty percent of women suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, 20% have constipation, and all American women will need screening for colon cancer, the number two cause of cancer death in women. This article reviews management of these disorders as well as lower gastrointestinal symptoms associated with menses, hysterectomy, fecal incontinence, and rectal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University of South Alabama, Knollwood Physicians Group Building, 3301 Knollwood Drive, Mobile, AL 36693, USA.
authors.forename: Ann Morris
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: DiPalma
authors.forename: Jack A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DiPalma
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D003109:Colonic Diseases, Functional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D003248:Constipation / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health