irritable bowel syndrome
syndrome that is a functional bowel disorder
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Summary
irritable bowel syndrome is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,456 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: functional colonic disease[4], syndrome[5], intestinal disease[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Irritable bowel syndrome[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: D93[9]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal discomfort[10], bloating[11], constipation[12], diarrhea[13], abdominal pain[14]
- Medical examination: sigmoidoscopy[15], colonoscopy[16], physical examination[17]
- Possible treatment: diet[18], alkaloid[19], antispasmodic[20], β-lactulose[21], probiotics[22]
- ICD-9-CM: 564.1[23]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C82343[24]
- Health specialty: gastroenterology[25]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: hyoscyamine[26], propanthelinium[27], alosetron[28], polycarbophil calcium[29], linaclotide[30], lubiprostone[31], rifaximin[32], mesalazine[33], dicyclomine[34], loperamide[35], adalimumab[36], infliximab[37], trimebutine[38], mebeverine[39]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9778[40], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9778[41]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[42]
Why It Matters
irritable bowel syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]