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Disordered bowel function

David Blum, Florian Strasser · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2010

Chapter 16 discusses patients with cancer care who often suffer from disordered bowel function. Constipation is much more common than diarrhoea in advanced cancer. In palliative care diarrhoea and constipation may occur at the same time because severe constipation can cause paradoxical diarrhoea.

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Questionnaires to Assess Bowel Function

Anton Emmanuel, Dave Chatoor · 2010

Patient reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess sexual function are perhaps those of most significant value, as this sphere of activity is one of the most difficult in which to capture information that is meaningful. These instruments, if designed well, may incorporate the functional aspects of sexuality, the symptom severity, and the impact on quality of life. The WHO has defined sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality, (and) not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction, or infirmity (1), and therefore an important reflector of global wellbeing. However there are great differences in the perception of clinicians and patients when discussing sexual outcomes. What is important for the patient may not be easily communicated to the doctor. Monitoring the effect of treatment or interventions on sexual parameters has generally been relatively crude to date. Questions which appear comfortable for doctor and patient to discuss may have little bearing on the true change in sexual activity. On the background of a varied population whose sexual backgrounds may be diverse, determining the right method of assessment is crucial for measuring the desired data. As 11% of women have surgical treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) (2), it is now the time to determine the impact of the disease process and its treatment on sexual function.

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Galacto-oligosaccharides and bowel function

Leena Niittynen, Kajsa Kajander, Riitta Korpela · Scandinavian Journal of Food & Nutrition · 2007

Constipation is a common problem and its prevalence increases with age. Severe constipation requires treatment with laxatives, but nutritional therapy, especially increased dietary fibre intake, is recommended primarily for the prevention and treatment of mild constipation. One alternative may be the use of oligosaccharides, which act as soluble fibre and have a bifidogenic effect. Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) resembling oligosaccharides occurring naturally in human milk can be produced from lactose. Several clinical studies reviewed in this paper have shown that the use of GOS (5–15g per day) may relieve the symptoms of constipation in adults and elderly people. In infants, the supplementation of formula with a mixture of GOS and fructo-oligosaccharides can modulate bowel function and stool characters in the same direction as does breast-feeding. Gastrointestinal symptoms may occur as side-effects of oligosaccharides, but 12g GOS per day or less is usually well tolerated.

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[Bowel function of spina bifida].

Masahiko Maie, H Takahashi, Naomi Ohnuma et al. · PubMed · 1985

Bowel function of the spina bifida was studied by clinical assessment and anorectal manometric studies. Anorectal pressure profiles were well correlated with clinical assessment but not with recto-anal inhibitory reflexes. Early training of the defecation is emphasized to obtain good bowel function.

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Questionnaires to Assess Bowel Function

Alison Hainsworth, Andrew Williams · 2023

Questionnaires provide a qualitative method of assessing the type and severity of bowel symptoms, their effects upon quality of life, and assessment of treatment outcomes. The ideal questionnaire assessment for bowel dysfunction is yet to be developed. There has been a tendency to assess the pelvic floor in a segmental fashion (anterior, middle, and posterior); the International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) aims to provide questionnaires for the modular assessment of pelvic floor function and assess the quality of questionnaires according to evidence. The Pelvic Floor Consortium, endorsed by the ICI, recently made recommendations for the assessment of bowel symptoms in clinical practice. This chapter outlines the key questionnaires available for the assessment of faecal incontinence and constipation/bowel evacuatory difficulties and the evidence for using each one. The assessment of faecal incontinence can be performed using the International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire Bowel to assess bowel symptoms, the amount of bother they cause, and impact upon quality of life. The Pelvic Floor Consortium recommend using both the St Mark's Incontinence Score and the Wexner Score for assessing symptom severity for faecal incontinence and both the PAC-SYM and Constipation Severity to assess symptom severity for constipation/bowel evacuatory difficulties.

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Rectal Function and Bowel Habit in Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Eleonora Distrutti, Beatrice Salvioli, Fernando Azpiroz et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2004

Distinctive tensosensitivity and compliance characterize rectal function in irritable bowel syndrome subgroups with different bowel habit.

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Pulmonary function in inflammatory bowel disease.

Johnson, NM, Mee, AS, Jewell, DP et al. · Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford) · 1978

Pulmonary function has been assessed in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and compared with a healthy population. No statistically significant differences were found in the measurements observed within the three groups.

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Pulmonary Function in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

N.McI. Johnson, A S Mee, D P Jewell et al. · Digestion · 1978

Pulmonary function has been assessed in patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease and compared with a healthy population. No statistically significant differences were found in the measurements observed within the three groups.

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