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| Manning | |
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| Pain eased after BM | |
| Looser stools at onset of pain | |
| More frequent BM at onset of pain | |
| Abdominal distension | |
| Mucus per rectum | |
| Feeling of incomplete emptying | |
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| Rome III criteria | |
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| Recurrent abdominal pain or discomfort at least 3 days/month | |
| in the last 3 months association with two or more of the following: | |
| Improvement with defecation | |
| Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool | |
| Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool | |
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| BMs, bowel movements. | |
| Subgroups of Rome III: subjects fulfilling the Rome III criteria | |
| were divided into 4 subgroups according to their bowel habits: | |
| (1) diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), IBS-D is determined by | |
| predominantly loose or watery stools ≥25% of the time | |
| (2) constipation- predominant (IBS-C), IBS-C is determined | |
| by predominantly hard or lumpy stools ≥25% of the time | |
| (3) diarrhea and constipation (IBS-M), categories for mixed | |
| (mixed irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-M): meeting criteria | |
| for IBS-D and IBS-C ≥25% of time) | |
| (4) no diarrhea or constipation, un-subtyped (un-subtyped | |
| irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-U): not meeting criteria for | |
| of IBS-C nor IBS-D, that is, both are <25% of the time). | |
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