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Published on: November 30, 2016
[Irritable bowel syndrome in adults attending to medical offices at UMF]
Rafael Leyva-Jiménez1, Petra Olvera-Torres, María Mayela Alvarez-Córdova
1Medicina Familiar, Hospital General de Subzona con Unidad de Medicina Familiar 7, San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México. leyvajimenez@yahoo.com.mx
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in adults between 20-49 years of age that are attended at a medical offices at UMF 53 of the IMSS, León, Guanajuato.
Material And Methods:
All adult patients between 20-49 years old that attended medical offices at UMF 53 were carried out a survey to diagnose SII according to the approaches of Rome II.
Results:
246 patients were studied, 85 patients (35%) had a diagnosis of IBS. Of those 85 patients, 8 patients (9%) had IBS with prevalence of diarrhea, 41 patients (48%) to the subgroup of IBS had prevalence of constipation and 32 patients (42%) with IBS had alternating symptoms; 18 patients (21%) they were men and 67 patients (79%) were women.
Conclusions:
Prevalence of IBS in adults between 20-49 year-old attending to medical offices at UMF 53 of the IMSS, León, Guanajuato, is of 35%, being more frequent the IBS with constipation.
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