Functional colonic disease
- Functional colonic disease
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In medicine, the term functional colonic disease (or functional bowel disorder) refers to a group of bowel disorders which are characterised by chronic abdominal complaints without a structural or biochemical cause that could explain symptoms.
Examples
Functional bowel disorders include, among others:
* Functional dyspepsia
* Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP)
* Chronic abdominal pain
* Functional constipation
* Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Criteria
The Rome process has helped to define the functional gastrointestinal disorders.[cite web |url=http://www.romecriteria.org/rome_iii_sas/ |title=Rome Foundation // Scoring Rome III Questionnaire using SAS |format= |work= |accessdate=] Successively, the Rome I, Rome II and the Rome III meetings have proposed a consensual classification system and terminology, as recommended by the Rome Coordinating Committee.] See also
* Digestive disease
References
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