Irritable Bowel Syndrome
New Ideas and Insights into Pathophysiology
Published on 4. September 1991
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-632-02555-8 (ISBN)
Description
The functional bowel complaints, including Irritable Bowel Syndrome, are perhaps the commonest cause of referral to a gastroenterologist, yet these conditions are very poorly understood. This book focusses on some of the recent developments that are relevant to our understanding of functional bowel disorders. These include insights into the operation of the enteric nervous system, the interface between the autonomic nerves in the gut, gastrointestinal sensitivity, the immunology of the gut and the linkage between the immune system and nervous reflexes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
33
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Weight
695 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-632-02555-8 (9780632025558)
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Content
Section 1: Introduction:; The neurotic bowel: a paradigm for the irritable bowel syndrome; Section 2: Motor disturbance:; Disturbances in colonic motility; Small bowel motor activity: a key to understanding functional disorders of the bowel; Abnormalities of gastroduodenal motility; Extraintestinal manifestations of the irritable bowel syndrome; Section 3: Autonomic nerves, stress and hypnosis:; Involvement of extrinsic nerves in functional disorders of the bowel; A study of vagal function in the irritable bowel syndrome; The possible role of stress in the disturbance of gut function and development of symptoms; Gut sensitivity; Modulation of visceral afferent activity as a therapeutic possibility for gastrointestinal disorders; Hypnotic desensitisation of the bowel; Section 4: Immune mechanisms and food intolerance:; The immune system and the irritable gut; Pathophysiological mechanisms associated with type I hypersensitivity reactions in the intestine; Mast cell interactions with smooth muscle and nerves in the gut: speculation on mast cell modulation of gastrointestinal motility; Systemic mastocytosis and regional gastrointestinal mast cell disease; Lessons from asthma; Food intolerance and the irritable bowel syndrome