Dr. Ahmed Al-Zamzmy, Professor of the Liver and Digestive System, revealed that Irritable Bowel Syndrome is one of the most common diseases in Egypt and the world, and it is caused by a dysfunction of the colon, and it is not an organic disease, and therefore its diagnosis requires the exclusion of all organic diseases that cause similar symptoms, such as diabetes and the gland. Hypothyroidism, immune system infections, wheat allergy, lactose intolerance, bacterial overgrowth in the intestine, and other diseases.
It also requires a clinical examination of the patient and conducting some necessary tests and analyses. Also, to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome, some criteria and indicators are required in the patient’s complaint..
He added, “Unfortunately, many cases frequented by gastroenterologists are diagnosed with irritable bowel disease without detection or examinations, and they have other diseases, and therefore the correct diagnosis of their condition is delayed and their treatment is wrong, explaining that one of the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome is the presence of any of the following symptoms: The presence of flatulence in the abdomen, chronic constipation or diarrhea, mixing of stool with mucus, cramps and abdominal pain related to the excretion process, alternating bouts of constipation and diarrhea.
Confirmed, it is a complication Irritable Bowel Syndrome she : Mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety.
Symptoms that require a referral to the doctor immediately: weight loss, bleeding from the rectum, anemia or what is known as anemia caused by iron deficiency, persistent abdominal pain that does not heal except with the process of defecation, or expulsion of gases from the abdomen, vomiting of unknown cause, difficulty in swallowing swallowing.