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Functional Bowel Disorders Flashcards

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What are the 2 broad categories of GI disease?

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  • Structural

- Functional

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Describe a structural GI disorder.

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  • Detectable pathology: macroscopic/microscopic
  • Usually both
  • Prognosis depends on pathology
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Describe a functional GI disorder.

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  • No detectable pathology
  • Related to gut function
  • “Software” faults
  • Long-term prognosis good
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Give 6 examples of functional GI disorders.

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  • Oesophageal spasm
  • Non-ulcer dyspepsia
  • Biliary dyskinesia
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Slow transit constipation
  • Drug related effects
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What are functional GI disorders responsible for?

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  • Initial and return consultations
  • Large impact on quality of life
  • Work absence
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How can a large majority of functional GI disorders be diagnosed?

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History and examination

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Other than physical , what other factors are important with functional GI disorders?

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Psychological

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What are functional GI disorders not associated with?

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Development of serious pathology

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What type of pain is experienced with non-ulcer dyspepsia?

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Dyspeptic pain

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What is found on investigation of non-ulcer dyspepsia?

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  • No ulcer on endoscopy

- H pylori status varies

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What possibly contributes to non-ulcer dyspepsia?

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  • Reflux
  • Low grade duodenal ulceration
  • Delayed gastric emptying
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
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How is a diagnosis of non-ulcer dyspepsia made?

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  • History + examination
  • H pylori status
  • Alarm symptoms
  • If all negative then treat symptomatically
  • If H pylori positive then eradication therapy
  • If in doubt then endoscopy
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Nausea

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The sensation of feeling sick

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Retching

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  • Dry heaves

- Antrum contracts, glottis closed

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Vomiting

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Contents expelled

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What neural control is responsible for vomiting?

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  • Sympathetic and vagal components
  • Vomiting centre (may not exist as entity)
  • Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone
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What may stimulate the CTZ?

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  • Opiates
  • Digoxin
  • Chemotherapy
  • Uraemia
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What is important to note in the history of vomiting?

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-Length of time after food ingested

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What could immediate vomiting after food suggest?

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Psychogenic

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What could vomiting 1 hour or more after ingestion of food suggest?

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  • Pyloric obstruction

- Motility disorders such as diabetes or post gastrectomy

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What could vomiting 12 hours after ingestion of food suggest?

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Obstruction

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What are functional causes of vomiting?

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  • Drugs
  • Pregnancy
  • Migraine
  • Cyclical vomiting syndrome
  • Alcohol
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What is cyclical vomiting syndrome?

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  • Onset in childhood

- Recurrent episodes 2-3 x a year for 2-3 times a month

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Describe psychogenic vomiting?

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  • Often young women
  • Often for years
  • May have no nausea
  • May be self induced
  • Appetite undisturbed
  • May lose weight
  • Often stops shortly after admission
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Name 2 functional diseases of the lower GIT?
- IBS | - Slow transit constipation
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What is normal bowel habit?
- Varies greatly so no definitive normal | - Whatever is normal for the patient is their normal
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What are the 2 ends of the Bristol stool chart?
- Type 1 pellets | - Type 7 watery with no solids
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What should be included in examination for lower GIT?
- Evidence of systemic disease - Abdominal examination - Rectal examination - FOB
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What are the alarm symptoms?
- >50 years old - Short symptom history - Unintentional weight loss - Nocturnal symptoms - Male - Family history - Anaemic - Rectal bleeding - Recent antibiotic use - Abdominal mass
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What investigations should be carried out for lower GIT?
- FBC - Blood glucose - U+Es - Thyroid function - Coeliac serology - Protoscopy - Sigmoidoscopy - Colonoscopy
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What are the types of aetiology for constipation?
- Systemic - Neurogenic - Organic - Functional
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Give 5 organic causes of constipation.
- Strictures - Tumours - Diverticular disease - Proctitis - Anal fissure
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Give 5 functional causes of constipation.
- Megacolon - Idiopathic constipation - Depression - Psychosis - Institutionalised patients
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Give 3 systemic causes of constipation.
- Diabetes mellitus - Hypothyroidism - Hypercalcaemia
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Give 5 neurogenic causes of constipation.
- Autonomic neuropathies - Parkinson's disease - Strokes - Multiple sclerosis - Spina bifida
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What are 5 clinical features of IBS?
- Abdominal pain - Altered bowel habit - Abdominal bloating - Belching wind and flatus - Mucus
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Give 5 ways in which abdominal pain could be described?
- Vague - Bloating - Burning - Sharp - Colicky
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How can abdominal pain radiate?
To the lower back
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What may abdominal pain be due to?
Bowel distension
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What can alter abdominal pain?
Bowel action
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What are the 2 types of IBS?
- Constipation predominant | - Diarrhoea predominant
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What are the features of altered bowel habit in IBS?
- Constipation (IBS-C) - Diarrhoea (IBS-D) - Diarrhoea and constipation (IBS-M) - Variability - Urgency
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What may bloating be due to?
- Wind and flatulence | - Relaxation of abdominal wall muscles
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What must be true for a diagnosis of IBS?
- A compatible history | - Normal physical examination
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What blood analysis would be carried out when investigating for IBS?
- FBC - U+Es - Ca - CRP - TFT - Coeliac serology
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What investigations would be carried out for IBS?
- Stool culture - Calprotectin - Rectal examination and FOB - Colonoscopy
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What is calprotectin?
- Calprotectin is released by inflamed gut mucosa | - It is used to differentiate IBS from IBD and for monitoring IBD
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What is the treatment for IBS?
- Education and reassurance | - Dietetic review
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What are 4 common causes of diarrhoea?
- Tea - Coffee - Alcohol - Sweetners
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What can drug products help to relieve in IBS?
- Pain - Bloating - Constipation - Diarrhoea
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What psychological interventions are there for IBS?
- Relaxation therapy - Hypnotherapy - Cognitive behavioural therapy - Psychodynamic interpersonal therapy
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What can cause IBS?
- Altered motility - Visceral hypersensitivity - Stress, anxiety, depression
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What is the bowel?
A muscular tube that squeezes content from one end to the other
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What happens to bowel in IBS-D?
Muscular contractions may be stronger
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What happens in IBS-C?
Muscular contractions may be reduced
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What can trigger contractions of the gut?
Waking and eating
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How might the gut respond to triggers in IBS-D?
Stronger
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How might the gut respond to triggers in IBS-C?
Reduced response
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What messages can the brain receive from the gut?
- Hunger | - Urge to go toilet etc
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How does the brain "hear" messages from the gut in IBS?
Too loudly
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What type of awareness of digestive processes do people with IBS have?
Excessive awareness
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What is the biopsychosocial link in IBS?
-Psychological influences, early life and psychological influences act on the brain-gut axis = IBS outcomes
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How does the stress response become chronic?
In IBS the gut is more sensitive to stress
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