Topic: Gastrointestinal Disorders
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients who have surgery to treat severe heartburn -- also known as gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD -- continue to have a very high risk of developing cancer of the esophagus even after 15 years or more, a new study has found. GERD is a known risk factor for esophageal cancer. "This study should put to rest the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A dip in the public pool or local lake may boost people's odds of catching a case of "stomach flu," a new study shows. Australian researchers found that among more than 2,800 adults and children they followed for 15 months, participants were somewhat more likely to develop gastroenteritis in the week or two after ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines against rotavirus, which can kills babies and young children within days by causing severe diarrhea, could save 2 million children over the next decade, experts said Wednesday. Two studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that vaccinating babies against rotavirus significantly cut deaths from diarrhea -- by 61 percent in Africa and by 35 percent ...
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
It is a functional Bowel Disorder that is characterized by severe abdominal discomfort, pain, bloating, and change in any detectable organic cause.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be classified into:
1. Diarrhea-Predominant
2. Constipation-Predominant/ Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Alternating Stool Pattern.
Protagonists that lead to Irritable Bowel Syndrome;
It starts with acute infectious illnesses like fever ...
