Gut 1999;45(Suppl 2):II1-II5 ( September )

The functional gastrointestinal disorders and the Rome II process

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Man should strive to have his intestines relaxed all the days of his life.

Moses Maimonides, AD 1135-1204

   A good set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.

Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), AD 1818-1885

Toward a new understanding of the functional gastrointestinal disorders

For centuries, physicians and historians have recognized that it is common for maladies to afflict the intestinal tract, producing symptoms of pain, nausea, vomiting, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, difficult passage of food or feces, or any combination.¹ When these symptoms are experienced as severe, or when they impact on daily life, those afflicted often attribute the symptoms to an illness and seek medical care. Traditionally, the physicians caring for these patients will search for inflammatory, infectious, neoplastic, and other structural abnormalities to make a specific diagnosis and offer specific treatment. Yet as has been common in medical practice,² when no . . . [Full text of this article]

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