Talley N J
Gastroenterology Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Scand J Gastroenterol Suppl. 1991;182:7-10. doi: 10.3109/00365529109109530.
The irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by the presence of abdominal pain associated with disturbed defecation; certain symptoms are able to discriminate the irritable bowel syndrome from organic disease. Functional dyspepsia is also common in patients with symptoms otherwise compatible with the irritable bowel syndrome. Approximately one-third of patients with functional dyspepsia have symptoms thought to be of colonic origin. Despite this, functional dyspepsia can be distinguished from the irritable bowel syndrome on the basis of symptom criteria. A generalized motility disturbance may explain the presence of dyspepsia in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome. Whether a specific type of dyspepsia occurs in this syndrome is not established.
肠易激综合征的特征是存在与排便紊乱相关的腹痛；某些症状能够将肠易激综合征与器质性疾病区分开来。功能性消化不良在有与肠易激综合征相符症状的患者中也很常见。大约三分之一的功能性消化不良患者有被认为源于结肠的症状。尽管如此，根据症状标准，功能性消化不良可与肠易激综合征相区分。全身性运动障碍可能解释了肠易激综合征患者中消化不良的存在。该综合征是否存在特定类型的消化不良尚未明确。
