Functional gastrointestinal disorder
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Functional gastrointestinal disorder include a number of separate idiopathic disorders which affect different part of the gastrointestinal tract.[1]
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[edit] Classification
- Functional esophageal disorders
- Functional heartburn
- Functional chest pain of presumed esophageal origin
- Functional dysphagia
- Globus pharyngis
- Functional colonic disease
[edit] Diagnosis
The Rome process has helped to define the functional gastrointestinal disorders.[2] 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.
[edit] Epidemiology
Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been found in 60-70% of both Canadian and America populations.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Fass R (January 2009). "Functional heartburn: what it is and how to treat it". Gastrointest. Endosc. Clin. N. Am. 19 (1): 23–33, v. doi:10.1016/j.giec.2008.12.002. PMID 19232278.
- ^ "Rome Foundation // Scoring Rome III Questionnaire using SAS". http://www.romecriteria.org/rome_iii_sas/.
