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Manning | |
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Pain eased after BM | |
Looser stools at onset of pain | |
More frequent BM at onset of pain | |
Abdominal distension | |
Mucus per rectum | |
Feeling of incomplete emptying | |
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Rome III criteria | |
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Recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort at least 3 days/month | |
in the last 3 months association with two or more of the following: | |
Improvement with defecation | |
Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool | |
Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool | |
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BMs, bowel movements. | |
Subgroups of Rome III: subjects fulfilling the Rome III criteria | |
were divided into 4 subgroups according to their bowel habits: | |
(1) diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), IBS-D is determined by | |
predominantly loose or watery stools ≥25% of the time | |
(2) constipation- predominant (IBS-C), IBS-C is determined | |
by predominantly hard or lumpy stools ≥25% of the time | |
(3) diarrhea and constipation (IBS-M), categories for mixed | |
(mixed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-M): meeting criteria | |
for IBS-D and IBS-C ≥25% of time) | |
(4) no diarrhea or constipation, un-subtyped (un-subtyped | |
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-U): not meeting criteria for | |
of IBS-C nor IBS-D, that is, both are <25% of the time). | |
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