Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment and Symptoms entities Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS); Spastic Colon
In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or spastic colon is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain and changes in bowel habits which are not associated with any abnormalities seen on routine clinical testing. It is fairly common and makes up 20-50% of visits to gastroenterologists. There are two forms, dependent on which symptom predominates: Lower abdominal pain IBS and Non-ulcer dyspepsia. The abdominal pain type is usually described in a patient as either ...
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Iowa Women's Health Center, University of Iowa
- Scleroderma Foundation Greater Washington DC http://www.scleroderma.org/chapter/washingtondc/index.htm
- Holistic Online http://holistic-online.com/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health