November 2015

A study of impact and prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is considered as a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder which is characterized by some non-specific symptoms, such as altered bowel habits and abdominal pain. There is no recognized organic pathology associated with IBS. The prevalence of IBS is different in different communities. Its etiology remains uncertain or obscure, perhaps multifactorial. The predestined objective was the...

Author(s): Sameer Al-Ghamdi, Faisal AlOsamey, Abdullah AlHamdan, Ahmad binkhalaf, Abdulaziz Alnujaydi, Abdulrahman Turkistani, Abdulrahman AlRasheed, Saleh AlShamrani, Abdullah AlQuaydheb, Mohammed Bin Ofaysan, Bandar AlQuraini, Sahal Bin Jupier  and Charanjit Arneja