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Functional gastrointestinal disorder

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MeSH
  
D003109

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) include a number of separate idiopathic disorders which affect different parts of the gastrointestinal tract and involve visceral hypersensitivity and impaired gastrointestinal motility. Heightened mast cell activation is a common factor among all FGIDs that contributes to visceral hypersensitivity as well as epithelial, neuromuscular, and motility dysfunction.

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Classification

The Rome process has helped to define 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.

  • Functional esophageal disorders
  • Functional heartburn
  • Functional chest pain of presumed esophageal origin
  • Functional dysphagia
  • Globus pharyngis
  • Functional colonic disease: In medicine, the term functional colonic disease (or 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 constipation
  • Functional rectal pain
  • Functional dyspepsia
  • Noncardiac chest pain
  • Chronic functional abdominal pain
  • Irritable bowel syndrome

    • Epidemiology

    Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been found in 60–70% of both Canadian and American populations. Globally, irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia alone affect 16–26% of the population.

    References

    Functional gastrointestinal disorder Wikipedia
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