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Moving beyond simple irritable bowel syndrome to chronic abdominal pain
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GASTROENTEROLOGY
Moving beyond simple irritable bowel syndrome to chronic abdominal pain
Wednesday 4 August 2021, 12:30 AM

The journey towards a meaningful improvement in quality of life will be slow
What is simple irritable bowel syndrome in some patients may change, over years, to become a chronic pain problem unrelated to bowel habit, often with major effects on work, family and social activities, writes gastroenterologist Alan Fraser
Key points, Chronic abdominal pain syndrome is a more generalised, constant pain, which can develop in patients with a history of irritable bowel syndrome.
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