Endometriosis in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Specific Symptomatic and Demographic Profile, and Response to the Low FODMAP Diet

Judith S. Moore, Peter G. Gibson, Peter R. Gibson, Richard E. Perry, Rebecca Burgell
In: Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey · 2017 · vol. 72(8) , pp. 475–477 · doi:10.1097/01.ogx.0000521120.13781.58 · W2745285275
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This paper describes the specific symptoms and demographics of women with both endometriosis and IBS, noting that shared symptoms like pain and bowel changes can lead to misdiagnosis.

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(Abstracted from Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol 2017;57:201–205) For women presenting with chronic abdominal and/or pelvic symptoms, defining the cause (endometriosis, irritable bowel syndrome [IBS], or both) is challenging. Women with endometriosis are often misdiagnosed as having IBS, because many symptoms—dyspareunia and diarrhea and/or constipation—are similar to those reported by patients with IBS.

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endometriosisdyspareuniairritable_bowel_syndrome

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