Discussion of irritable bowel syndrome problem at reports of the 15-th United European Gastroenterological Week (Paris, 2007)

Abstract

Aim of the review. Discussion of reports of 15-th United European Gastroenterological Week, devoted to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

Obtained data. In reports devoted to the problem of IBS, main attention was paid to the possible pathogenetic components of the disease (first of all, to intestinal gas transport disorder, intestinal microflora state, inflammatory changes of large intestinal mucosa), to combination of IBS to other diseases of gastro-intestinal tract, optimization of treatment methods.

Conclusion. High number of the reports devoted to inflammatory changes of large intestinal mucosa, proves gradual gliding away from assessment of IBS as purely function disease