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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder of exclusion: An extensive diagnostic work-up is necessary

Professor David S. Sanders

Diagnosis and management of functional symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease in remission

Teruel C et al. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2016;7:78–90.

Bowel disorders

Lacey B et al. Gastroenterology 2016;150:1393–1407.

Bile acid disease: the emerging epidemic

Oduyebo I & Camilleri M. Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2017;33:189–195.

Are the current treatments for bile acid diarrhoea effective (BAD), and is it likely that in the future there will be better treatments for BAD?

Current therapies, such as colestyramine and colesevelam, bind and eliminate bile acids from the colon. These drugs prevent the excess bile acids causing watery faeces.

Inflammatory bowel disease: clinical aspects and treatments

Fakhoury M et al. J Inflamm Res 2014;7:113–120.

Diarrhoea symptoms in inflammatory bowel disease

We do not know exactly why patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have clinical symptoms. There is no correlation between endoscopic lesions and the clinical manifestations assessed by the Crohn’s disease activity index.

Challenging current views on bile acid diarrhoea and malabsorption

Guidance for the use of tauroselcholic (75selenium) acid (SeHCAT) for the investigation of diarrhoea due to bile acid malabsorption (BAM)...

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patient information sheet (English)

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patient information sheet (English)

Bile acid diarrhoea (BAD) patient information sheet (English)

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.