Functional bowel disorder
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In medicine, the term functional bowel disorder refers to a group of bowel disorders which are characterised by chronic abdominal complaints without a structural or biochemical cause that could explain symptoms. Functional bowel disorders include, among others:
- Functional dyspepsia
- Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP)
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Functional constipation
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
The Rome process has been pivotal in defining the functional gastrointestinal disorders. Successively, the Rome I, Rome II and the Rome III meetings have proposed a consensual classification system and terminology, as recommended by the Rome Coordinating Committee.
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| Health science - Medicine - Gastroenterology (primarily K) | |
|---|---|
| esophagus - stomach: | Halitosis | Nausea | Vomiting | Heartburn | GERD | Achalasia | Esophageal cancer | Esophageal varices | Peptic ulcer | Abdominal pain | Stomach cancer | Non-ulcer dyspepsia | Gastroparesis |
| liver - pancreas - gallbladder - biliary tree: | Hepatitis | Cirrhosis | NASH | PBC | PSC | Budd-Chiari | Hepatocellular carcinoma | Acute pancreatitis | Chronic pancreatitis | Hereditary pancreatitis |
| small intestine: | Peptic ulcer | Intussusception | Malabsorption (e.g. coeliac, lactose intolerance, fructose malabsorption, Whipple's) |
| colon: | Diarrhea | Appendicitis | Diverticulitis | Diverticulosis | IBD (Crohn's, Ulcerative colitis) |
