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Article: Reports from M. Ronnevig and colleagues advance knowledge in irritable bowel syndrome.(Clinical report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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Current study results from the report, 'Patients' experiences of living with irritable bowel syndrome,' have been published. "This paper is a report of a study conducted to describe people's experiences, and meanings of these, while living with irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhoea and/or constipation, distension and bloating," investigators in Oslo, Norway report (see also Irritable Bowel Syndrome).
"Such symptoms are stigmatized in western societies. Patients may experience negative attitudes from healthcare personnel, and they can feel helpless and frustrated trying to control symptoms. A qualitative, ...