title: [Irritable bowel syndrome--pathogenesis, management].
abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome creates many diagnostic and treatment difficulties in a general practitioner practice as well as in a specialist practice. Etiopathogenesis of this illness still elicit some controversy. In a diagnostic process, apart from an organic basis excluding, the most important is a medical history of a patient because of the fact that a right symptoms interpretation usually allows a correct diagnosis establishment. A treatment is in its premise a symptomatic treatment, is long-lasting and based on a mutual trust between a doctor and a patient. Basic information concerning this illness is presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Klinika Gastroenterologii CSK MON WIM w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wojtuń
authors.forename: Leokadia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bak-Romaniszyn
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Płaneta-Małecka
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil
mesh_terms: D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019936:Probiotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D010276:Parasympatholytics