A Gut-Wrenching Pandemic for Patients With Functional GI Issues
Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroparesis, or functional dyspepsia had more gastrointestinal symptoms during the pandemic, a retrospective single-center study found. Compared to the 6 months before the pandemic, more patients with common functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (FGIMD) experienced symptoms during the pandemic, including nausea or vomiting (16% vs 22%, respectively), constipation (13% […]
Probiotics Show Promise for Symptoms of Functional GI Disorders
Spore-forming probiotics were safe and effective for treating functional dyspepsia symptoms in a small randomized Belgium trial. In an intention-to-treat analysis involving 55 patients with functional dyspepsia, a greater proportion of those given probiotics achieved clinical response at 8 weeks compared to patients given placebo (48% vs 20%, respectively; RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.07-4.11, P=0.028), […]