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In the adult, the irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by intestinal transit disorders associated or not with chronic abdominal pain. Two different forms can be seen: in one, pain and constipation are predominant, while in the other, pain and diarrhea alternate. The second form is encountered with predilection in the child. Various terms can be used to name the syndrome including colitis, non specific or benign colitis, irritable bowel syndrome in the child, infantile diarrhea, and others, all of which attests to our ignorance of the pathophysiology of this disorder. This syndrome is by far the most frequent cause of chronic or recurrent diarrhea in the child. Before the age of 3 or 4 years, the principal syndrome is diarrhea, which usually appears before the age of 6 months. Onset is generally brutal, as in acute enteritis or an extradigestive infection (ENT...) but persists, or else, more often, the syndrome appears insidiously over several days. The child has soft or liquid stools of fetid odor in most cases, very rarely sourish, inhomogeneous and in which intact aliments can be found. Stools are often associated with mucous discharge, rarely with blood, and do not contain any pus. Stools are not fatty but occasionally they are sticky and adhere to the pot. During the day, stools change from well formed in the morning to soft in the evening. Their frequency varies from one day to another as well as during a given 24 hour period, ranging from one or two to 10 per day.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Irritable bowel syndrome in children]. 221 Jan 87

Irritable bowel syndrome patients often complain of urinary symptoms such as frequency, urgency, and dysuria, raising the possibility of inappropriate referral to the urologist. To resolve this issue, the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was compared in patients attending urological and control clinics (dermatology and ENT). The overall prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was 31.2% in the urological clinic compared with 21.2% in the controls (P < 0.001), but striking, differences emerged, depending on presenting complaint. Irritable bowel symptoms were particularly common in patients presenting with loin pain (male: 40.9%, P = 0.004; female: 50%, P = 0.03), dysuria (male: 43.8%, P = 0.007; female: 46.2%, P = 0.01) and frequency/urgency (male: 31.7%, P = 0.002; female: 42.4%, P = 0.006), and the male/female prevalence was 24% and 44%. These results suggest that in irritable bowel syndrome, urinary symptoms including loin pain can present diagnostic dilemmas in both the gastroenterological and urological setting, underlining the importance of specialists in these fields working together in order to define better ways of managing such patients.
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PMID:High prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in patients attending urological outpatient departments. 905 26

Although symptoms of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) symptoms are commonly seen in the ENT clinic, their aetiology and prevalence in the population remain unknown. Lifestyle changes have been seen to be effective in symptom relief. We aimed to establish the prevalence of these symptoms and identify any associated factors. Pseudo-random sampling was performed on 2,000 adults that were sent a validated questionnaire containing the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and questions on their health and lifestyle. 45.8 % of the 378 responders were male. The mean RSI was 8.3. 30 % had an RSI of more than 10, of which 75 % had symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (r = 0.646 at p = 0.01). Patients with depression and irritable bowel syndrome are more likely to have LPR symptoms. LPR symptoms are highly prevalent in the community and may be influenced significantly by the presence of gastro-oesophageal reflux, depression and irritable bowel syndrome.
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PMID:The prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux in the English population. 2257 43