{"id":5628,"date":"2016-07-21T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/sundromo-euerethistou-enterou\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:56:15","slug":"irritable-bowel-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/proctoclinic.gr\/en\/irritable-bowel-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"What we call Irritable Bowel Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What we call<\/p>\n<\/div>

Irritable Bowel Syndrome?<\/h1>
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. It usually occurs with abdominal pain or changes in bowel habits or with constipation and diarrhea.<\/p>\n

It occurs quite frequently and it is estimated that 25-30% of people presenting to hospital outpatient clinics have spastic colitis. The cost of the clinical-laboratory tests needed to exclude a serious disease other than this syndrom,\u00a0 reveals the magnitude of this health problem and hence the difficulty in diagnosing it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

Women and irritable bowel syndrome<\/h2>
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome is more common in women, at a rate of 2:1 compared to men, aged 20-50 years and usually in people of high educational and social status, as a chronic condition with periods of flare-ups and relapses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

What factors cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome?<\/h3>
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First of all, it must be stressed again that Irritable Bowel Syndrome is nothing but a disorder of the large intestine, since under normal conditions the large intestine has a very complex motility.<\/p>\n

The factors that seem to be implicated in this disorder are mainly of a psychological nature and are most often associated with unpleasant personal events, situations that create stress and increase anxiety or create depression or reduce self-esteem. Thus, the bowel displays an abnormal sensitivity, expressed either by an increase in movement, spasms of the bowel and abdominal pain. Or by a decrease in mobility, distension of the bowel, flatulence and pain, especially after meals during the passage of food.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n

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