Consilium Medicum (Jul 2022)

Irritable bowel syndrome: current aspects of etiology, pathogenesis, clinic and treatment: A review

  • Dmitry I. Trukhan,
  • Viktoriia V. Goloshubina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26442/20751753.2022.5.201861
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 5
pp. 297 – 305

Abstract

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Among functional gastrointestinal disorders, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) rightfully continues to maintain its leading position. IBS is a kind of standard for understanding the pathogenetic essence of functional diseases of the digestive system, since it is the most common, studied and studied pathology. So, for the query "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" in the electronic database PubMed as of July 30, 2022, 16 599 sources were found, and for the query "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" in the scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.RU 6316. The first part of the review deals with topical aspects of the etiology, pathogenesis and clinical presentation of IBS. The urgency of the problem of IBS is associated with a significant decrease in the quality of life of patients. The review focuses on the role of psycho-emotional disorders, changes localized at the level of the intestinal wall; and a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the development of IBS. Abdominal pain as the leading manifestation of IBS is associated primarily with spasm. In this context, antispasmodic drugs can be considered not only as symptomatic agents, but also as pathogenetic therapy for IBS. In the second part of the review, the possibilities of one of the myotropic antispasmodics, mebeverine hydrochloride, in the treatment of IBS are considered in detail.

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