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  2. Irritable bowel syndrome - Wikipedia

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    They allow the diagnosis to be based only on symptoms, but no criteria based solely on symptoms is sufficiently accurate to diagnose IBS. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] Worrisome features include onset at greater than 50 years of age, weight loss, blood in the stool , iron-deficiency anemia , or a family history of colon cancer , celiac disease , or ...

  3. Neurogenic bowel dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    An objective method used to evaluate the motility of the colon and help with diagnosis is the colon transit time. [19] Another helpful test to diagnose this condition may be an abdominal X-ray as this can show the distribution of the faeces and show any abnormalities with the colon, for example a megacolon . [ 14 ]

  4. Chlordiazepoxide/clidinium bromide - Wikipedia

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    Chlordiazepoxide/clidinium bromide is indicated to control emotional and somatic factors in gastrointestinal disorders. [7] It may also be used as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of peptic ulcer and in the treatment of the irritable bowel syndrome (irritable colon, spastic colon, mucous colitis) and acute enterocolitis.

  5. What you need to know about colon-cancer symptoms, diagnosis ...

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    Symptoms like rectal bleeding, unexplained weight loss, and constipation or diarrhea can be warning signs of colon cancer Many symptoms of colon cancer can also indicate more mundane illnesses.

  6. Anismus - Wikipedia

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    Some authors have commented that the "puborectalis paradox" and "spastic pelvic floor" concepts have no objective data to support their validity. They state that "new evidence showing that defecation is an integrated process of colonic and rectal emptying suggests that anismus may be much more complex than a simple disorder of the pelvic floor ...

  7. Donnatal - Wikipedia

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    Based on a review of this drug by the National Academy of Sciences–National Research Council and/or other information, FDA has classified the indications as follows: "possibly" effective: For use as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (irritable colon, spastic colon, mucous colitis) and acute enterocolitis.

  8. Dad, 36, rushed to the bathroom a dozen times a day. It was ...

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    Thomas Packard was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer after rectal bleeding, using the bathroom a dozen times a day. He had six months to live. Doctors used HAI to treat him.

  9. Functional gastrointestinal disorder - Wikipedia

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    Gut-directed hypnotherapy specifically gives greater improvements in symptoms than standard treatment of the disease. [18] Research demonstrates directed hypnotherapy to be an effective mechanism of reducing visceral hypersensitivity (a low pain threshold of the internal organs) and sympathetic activity, due to the reduced activity of the ...