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[World #IBSAwarenessMonth] Dear #HCPs👩⚕️ & #Microbiota community👨🔬, April is dedicated to raising awareness about #IrritableBowelSyndrome
During the month, @Microbiota_Inst will provide you with content about #IBS, a common & complex #disease
#GutHealth #LetsTalkIBS #thread👇
During the month, @Microbiota_Inst will provide you with content about #IBS, a common & complex #disease
#GutHealth #LetsTalkIBS #thread👇
[World #IBSAwarenessMonth]
🔎 You will:
👉better understand the🔗between #IBS & #microbiota
👉discover potential ways to manage the #disease
👉learn to make a #diagnosis with our #CME courses, #videos & a professionally designed #tool
👉improve communication with your #patients
🔎 You will:
👉better understand the🔗between #IBS & #microbiota
👉discover potential ways to manage the #disease
👉learn to make a #diagnosis with our #CME courses, #videos & a professionally designed #tool
👉improve communication with your #patients
[World #IBSAwarenessMonth]
1️⃣ In this sequence, learn more about the link between #microbiota and #IrritableBowelSyndrome.
#IBS #MedTwitter #GITwitter #GutHealth #LetsTalkIBS #DGBI #FGID #GIfellows #TakeIBSSeriously
Take a look! 👇
1️⃣ In this sequence, learn more about the link between #microbiota and #IrritableBowelSyndrome.
#IBS #MedTwitter #GITwitter #GutHealth #LetsTalkIBS #DGBI #FGID #GIfellows #TakeIBSSeriously
Take a look! 👇
Functional abdominal pain (centrally mediated abdominal pain syndrome) by Dr. Brian Lacy at @AmCollegeGastro #ACG2021
#GITwitter #GI #FGID #DGBI
#GITwitter #GI #FGID #DGBI
A common scenario!
Definitions
Here are the new @BritSocGastro guidelines for #IBS in @Gut_BMJ! I'll summarize in 🧵 ⬇️⬇️⬇️!
😖💩🦠🧠🥦🍞💊
#GITwitter #GI #gut #braingut #motility #DGBI #FGID #microbiome #probiotics #MedTwitter #MedEd
gut.bmj.com/content/early/…
😖💩🦠🧠🥦🍞💊
#GITwitter #GI #gut #braingut #motility #DGBI #FGID #microbiome #probiotics #MedTwitter #MedEd
gut.bmj.com/content/early/…
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Doctor-patient communication
🧑⚕️A strong 🧑⚕️-😷 relationship is fundamental to the management of #IBS
😷Patients want their 🧑⚕️ to ⬆️empathy, support and information about the nature of IBS, diagnosis, and treatment options
Doctor-patient communication
🧑⚕️A strong 🧑⚕️-😷 relationship is fundamental to the management of #IBS
😷Patients want their 🧑⚕️ to ⬆️empathy, support and information about the nature of IBS, diagnosis, and treatment options
DIAGNOSIS
🩸New pt: CBC, CRP or ESR, celiac serology and, if <45 w diarrhea, fecal calprotectin
➕Make POSITIVE diagnosis based on @RomeFoundation criteria
➡️Refer to #GI when: diagnostic doubt, pt w symptoms that are severe or refractory to 1stline tx,or when pt wants specialist
🩸New pt: CBC, CRP or ESR, celiac serology and, if <45 w diarrhea, fecal calprotectin
➕Make POSITIVE diagnosis based on @RomeFoundation criteria
➡️Refer to #GI when: diagnostic doubt, pt w symptoms that are severe or refractory to 1stline tx,or when pt wants specialist
Let's talk about something common, hard to treat, and often misunderstood: CHRONIC BLOATING AND DISTENSION!
A 🧵 summarizing from the excellent @AGA_CGH article cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…
#GI #GITwitter #motility #IBS #DGBI #FGID #microbiome #health #MedEd
A 🧵 summarizing from the excellent @AGA_CGH article cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…
#GI #GITwitter #motility #IBS #DGBI #FGID #microbiome #health #MedEd
🟢Bloating: subjective sensation of gassiness, trapped💨, or a feeling of pressure or being distended w/o obvious visible distension.
🟢Distension: objective physical manifestation of an⬆️in abdominal girth. Patients commonly say they look like 🎈 or 🤰
🟢Distension: objective physical manifestation of an⬆️in abdominal girth. Patients commonly say they look like 🎈 or 🤰
Bloating and distension are COMMON
🔴16-31% in the general population
🔴Women > men
🔴66-99% in #IBS
🔴IBS-C > IBS-D
🟢Bloating and distension are distressing to patients and ⬇️quality of life
🔴16-31% in the general population
🔴Women > men
🔴66-99% in #IBS
🔴IBS-C > IBS-D
🟢Bloating and distension are distressing to patients and ⬇️quality of life
Recapping @AmCollegeGastro's #VirtualGrandRounds on #IBS! Let's begin!
🟣IBS can be diagnosed with the Rome criteria
🟣Making a positive diagnosis is very helpful to patients, many of whom have gone years without a name for their symptoms
🟣IBS can be diagnosed with the Rome criteria
🟣Making a positive diagnosis is very helpful to patients, many of whom have gone years without a name for their symptoms
#IBS is heterogeneous, and so are its pathogenesis and pathophysiology.
🟣Identifying underlying factors in patients can help target treatment!
@AmCollegeGastro
🟣Identifying underlying factors in patients can help target treatment!
@AmCollegeGastro
