Functional gastrointestinal disorder
| intestinal disorder | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
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| Patient UK | Functional gastrointestinal disorder |
| MeSH | D003109 |
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) include a number of separate idiopathic disorders which affect different parts of the gastrointestinal tract and involve visceral hypersensitivity and impaired gastrointestinal motility.[1][2] Heightened mast cell activation is a common factor among all FGIDs that contributes to visceral hypersensitivity as well as epithelial, neuromuscular, and motility dysfunction.[2]
Classification
The Rome process has helped to define the functional gastrointestinal disorders.[3] Successively, the Rome I, Rome II, and the Rome III meetings have proposed a consensual classification system and terminology, as recommended by the Rome Coordinating Committee.
- Functional esophageal disorders
- Functional heartburn
- Functional chest pain of presumed esophageal origin
- Functional dysphagia
- Globus pharyngis
- Functional colonic disease: In medicine, the term functional colonic disease (or functional bowel disorder) refers to a group of bowel disorders which are characterised by chronic abdominal complaints without a structural or biochemical cause that could explain symptoms.
- Functional constipation
- Functional rectal pain
- Functional dyspepsia
- Noncardiac chest pain
- Chronic functional abdominal pain
- Irritable bowel syndrome
Epidemiology
Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been found in 60-70% of both Canadian and American populations.[1] Globally, irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia alone affect 16–26% of the population.[2]
