| Summary: | Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open An epidemiological study on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) was done on 411 otherwise healthy young subjects in Iceland. A questionnaire was used, based on socalled Manning's criteria for IBS (Br Med J1978; 2: 633). IBS was diagnosed if two or more of the six Manning's criteria were positive. It was asked if these criteria (symptoms) were associated with stress or required medical treatment. Furthermore the questionnaire addressed 13 other symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract (GI). For analysis we could use answers of 400 subjects, 63.2% females, 36.8% males, most of them (93.5%) 19-29 years old. 37.9% met the criteria of IBS, and the diagnosis was significantly more often present among women (46.6%) than men (22.5%). Usually the IBS symptoms are related to stress, but few received medical treatment. All the 13 other GI symptoms are more frequent in IBS subjects than the others and there was a significant association of IBS with nausea, upper abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, painless diarrhea and flatulence. In summary, the results of this study suggest that: (i) IBS is very common among young adults in Iceland, (ii) prevalence in Iceland is higher than reported elsewhere, (hi) the female:male ratio is 2:1, (iv) stress is a precipitating factor in IBS, (v) it is suggest¬ive that few patients with IBS seek medical attention, (vi) IBS patient have, beside classical IBS symptoms, more frequently other digestive symptoms, which are suggestive of both upper and lower GI functional disorders. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) eða iðraólga er langvarandi starfrænn sjúkdómur í meltingarvegi. IBS er vafalítið einn algengasti meltingarfærasjúkdómurinn, en þrátt fyrir þessa staðreynd hefur hann mjög lítið verið rannsakaður hérlendis. Tilgangur könnunarinnar var í fyrsta lagi að athuga algengi IBS hjá annars heilbrigðu ungu fólki á Íslandi og í öðru lagi að kanna sérstaklega einstök IBS einkenni, kynjamismun og ...
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