Bowel Disorders
January 14, 2010 by Staff
Filed under Health Conditions / Ailments
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.
Examples
Functional bowel disorders include, among others:
- Functional dyspepsia
- Non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP)
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Functional constipation
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
