Pediatric Patients With Newly Diagnosed Celiac Disease Report Lower HRQOL
Researchers sought to identify whether pediatric patients with celiac disease reported lower health-related quality of life compared with healthy children.
Researchers sought to identify whether pediatric patients with celiac disease reported lower health-related quality of life compared with healthy children.
IBS is more common in women and symptoms may fluctuate over time, often mimicking other conditions and may result in diagnosis delays or misdiagnosis, which can delay treatment.
Further studies will need to look at different subtypes of IBS (IBS-diarrhea, IBS-constipation, IBS-mixed) and improved breath testing, as well as evaluating underlying gut microbiome profiles and how they may affect a response to a low FODMAP diet.
AGA recommends fecal calprotectin, lactoferrin for screening for inflammatory bowel disease.
Mean IBS Symptom Severity Score reduced for telephone-, web-CBT versus treatment as usual
Researchers evaluated the response of rifaximin therapy in patients with IBS-D with abdominal pain symptoms.
Factors have cumulative effect on symptoms as well as on quality of life.
Improvements in symptoms, life impact maintained at 12 months.
In older patients with inflammatory bowel disease, tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist therapy and vedolizumab were found to be comparable with regard to both safety and effectiveness.
A greater number of early adverse life events as well as more severe traumatic experiences were found to be associated with an increased risk for developing irritable bowel syndrome.