Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Koch KL

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A digest of articles written 1999 and later, on the topic "Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic," originating from Planet Earth —» Koch KL.  Display:  All Citations ·  All Abstracts
1 Review Symptom overlap and comorbidity of irritable bowel syndrome with other conditions. 2005

Frissora CL, Koch KL. · Department of Medicine, The Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 520 E. 70th Street, Suite J-314, New York, NY 10021, USA. · Curr Gastroenterol Rep. · Pubmed #16042909 No free full text.

Abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of several highly prevalent, multi-symptom gastrointestinal motility disorders that have a wide clinical spectrum and are associated with symptoms of gastrointestinal dysmotility and visceral hypersensitivity. Symptom overlap and comorbidity between IBS and other gastrointestinal motility disorders (eg, chronic constipation, functional dyspepsia, gastroesophageal reflux disease), with gastrointestinal disorders that are not related to motility (eg, celiac disease, lactose intolerance), and with somatic conditions (eg, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome), are frequent. The clinical associations and pathophysiologic links between IBS and these disorders continue to be explored. This review discusses overlapping symptoms and comorbidity of IBS with select gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal disorders and attempts to identify commonalities among these conditions.