Inflammatory bowel disease

Question 1

inflammatory bowel disease

Answer 1

a GI disorder characterised by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits without an exact cause

Question 2

causes of ibs

Answer 2

• stress
• infectious diarrhoea
• female gender
• food intolerance

Question 3

Symptoms

Answer 3

• abnormal bowel mobility
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• severe lower abdominal pain which improved with defection
• changes in frequency and appareance of stool

Question 4

treatment of ibs

Answer 4

• FODMAP diet

- collection of molecules which are poorly absorbed by some people and can end up in the large intestine