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Is bile acid diarrhoea underdiagnosed in patients with Crohn’s disease?
Definitely, yes. Unfortunately for patients with Crohn’s disease, there is a poor relationship between their symptoms and intestinal inflammation, and a considerable proportion of patients’ present symptoms that are not due to the inflammation but rather to bile acid diarrhoea.
Inflammatory bowel disease: clinical aspects and treatments
Fakhoury M et al. J Inflamm Res 2014;7:113–120.
How common is bile acid diarrhoea (BAD)?
Professor David S. Sanders
Professor Sanders argues that many patients presenting with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have underlying diseases. He explores a series of studies that suggest approximately 25% of patients presenting with IBS symptoms have BAD as the underlying cause.
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