Prakt. lékáren. 2020; 16(3): 131-138

Functional bowel disorders and their treatment

Peter Minárik^1,2,3, Daniela Mináriková⁴

¹ Ústav zdravotníckych disciplín, Vysoká škola zdravotníctva a sociálnej práce sv. Alžbety, Bratislava

² II. rádiologická klinika LF UK a OÚSA, Onkologický ústav sv. Alžbety, Bratislava

³ Biomedicínske centrum, Slovenská akadémia vied, Bratislava

⁴ Katedra organizácie a riadenia farmácie, Farmaceutická fakulta UK, Bratislava

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) belong to the most common diagnoses in gastroenterology. Functional bowel disorders, especially irritable bowel syndrome, represent an important part of the FGID. The currently valid classification of the FGID is the Rome IV classification from the year 2016 (Rome IV). In differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders, it is always important to distinguish functional disorders from severe organic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, especially from tumor diseases. Significant role in differential diagnostics and follow-up analysis play the alarm symptoms. This article deals with the review and analysis of functional bowel disorders and their treatment options. Complex treatment of functional bowel disorders is based on non-pharmacological and pharmacological methods of therapy. Dominant part of the pharmacological treatment is the chemically defined monotherapy, but appropriate multi-target effects can also be achieved through multi-component phytopharmacon.

Keywords: functional bowel disorders, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhoea, constipation, medical therapy, phytopharmacotherapy.

Published: October 8, 2020  Show citation