...Antonio Tursi; Beatrice Marinoni; Antonino Carlo Privitera; Lorenzo Privitera; Silvio Danese Background: Functional dyspepsia (FD) is currently defined as episodic or recurrent epigastric pain or discomfort in the absence of organic diseases, lasting at least 4 weeks. FD is estimated to affect 7.2...

... of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) manifest as highly prevalent gastrointestinal disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or functional dyspepsia (FD). Summary: The initial focus of DGBI research was on the effects of psychological stress on digestive functions like gastrointestinal motility...

...Huang Du; Rongpan Lin; Shuping Xiao; Yu Zhao; Mingxia Wu; Wenhua Chen; Wangfeng Cai; Nating Wei; Guohua Gong; Kangming Huang; Fajing Zhang; Hongbin Chen Introduction: The pathogenesis of epigastric pain in functional dyspepsia (FD) is complex. The study aims to explore the effect of sleep...

... of epigastric pain and general improvement of the patients’ condition. Results: Five randomized trials involving 580 patients were found, demonstrating significant effects of Menthacarin on symptoms of functional dyspepsia (FD) compared to placebo or similar effects compared to a reference drug. Seven other...

...Yuki Ushimaru; Tatsuhiro Masaoka; Noriko Matsuura; Yasushi Yamasaki; Yoji Takeuchi; Kotaro Yamashita; Takuro Saito; Koji Tanaka; Kazuyoshi Yamamoto; Tomoki Makino; Tsuyoshi Takahashi; Yukinori Kurokawa; Hidetoshi Eguchi; Yuichiro Doki; Kiyokazu Nakajima Introduction: Diagnosing functional dyspepsia...

... on the combined association of lifestyle factors with these conditions. We aimed to examine how combinations of several lifestyle factors were associated with functional dyspepsia (FD), its symptoms, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a large group of Iranian adults. Design, Setting, and Subjects...

...Tatiana L. Lapina; Alexander S. Trukhmanov Background: The most common functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), with a prevalence in the general population of 15–20% (FD) and 10% (IBS), respectively. The complexity...

...Karl-Uwe Petersen Background: Functional dyspepsia is a heterogeneous disorder lacking an established therapeutic strategy. Historical treatment attempts with pepsin products were shrugged off, as a simple calculation shows that quantitative substitution is pointless. However, such attempts might...

...F. Carbone; J. Tack Functional dyspepsia (FD), a disorder thought to originate from the gastroduodenum, is one of the most prevalent functional gastrointestinal disorders. In this review, we focused on gastroduodenal mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of FD. The roles of impaired gastric...

...Paul Yap; Sanjiv Mahadeva; Khean-Lee Goh Dyspepsia is a common gastroenterological problem with an estimated global prevalence between 7 and 40%. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a major economic burden to patients and healthcare systems and significantly affects patient quality of life. The ROME III...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Placebo Randomized clinical trials Functional dyspepsia Peptic ulcer...

... in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, functional dyspepsia, and non-cardiac chest pain. This altered visceral sensitivity does not appear to extend to somatic sensation; patients have generally had normal sensory thresholds to various stimuli applied to the skin. It is uncertain whether altered gut...

...Nicholas J. Talley; Kevin Ruff; Xuan Jiang; Hye Kyung Jung A major change in the Rome III criteria relates to the condition previously called functional dyspepsia (FD). Rome I and Rome II defined FD as pain or discomfort centered in the upper abdomen without a definite structural or biochemical...

...Gerald Holtmann; Judith Gapasin Functional gastrointestinal disorders including functional dyspepsia are highly prevalent. Their clinical course is benign without disease-associated mortality. On the other hand, the impact can be substantial for the affected patients with regard to the decrease...

... effects on gastrointestinal functions. 14 7 2006 Gastric emptying Colonic transit Gastroparesis Functional dyspepsia Constipation Irritable bowel syndrome Gastric accommodation Antidopaminergic agents Serotonergic agents Motilin receptor agonists © 2006 S. Karger AG, Basel 2006...

... by self-administered questionnaires, correlate with specific endoscopic diagnoses and discriminate organic from functional dyspepsia. Methods: Adult patients with pain or discomfort centred in the upper abdominal region were consecutively enrolled. Patients with heartburn, acid regurgitation...

... Hospital, University of Bologna, and bGastrointestinal Unit, Main Army Hospital, Rome, Italy Key Words Guidelines W Rome II criteria W Symptoms W Functional dyspepsia W Irritable bowel disease A good set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains Abstract When patients complain...

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