noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
irritable bowel syndrome
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
▪ This review examines the evidence that abnormal oxidative metabolism is of central importance to active inflammatory bowel disease.
chronic
▪ A gluten-free diet could be tried by anyone with chronic bowel problems.
▪ Introduction Familial occurrence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease has been reported in several studies during the past decades.
▪ Design - Cross sectional population based survey of familial occurrence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
inflammatory
▪ However, Tsuchiya etal have described an association between thymic abnormalities and inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ Furthermore, cultured mononuclear cells isolated from inflammatory bowel disease mucosa spontaneously secrete large amounts of IgG.
▪ These results confirm increased macrophage activation in inflammatory bowel disease and suggest functional heterogeneity within the intestinal macrophage population.
▪ Introduction Familial occurrence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease has been reported in several studies during the past decades.
▪ Nevertheless the absence of recurrence during long term follow up will be required to exclude underlying idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ This case supports the theory that functional disturbances of the thymus may have a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ Patients with gall stones or established inflammatory bowel disease were excluded.
▪ Pronounced changes have been found in gut neuropeptides in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
irritable
▪ The physiological significance of the findings in diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients, which were contrary to expectation, is unknown.
▪ The first four symptoms encompass the six Manning criteria for diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ It is not difficult to imagine how a disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome could affect a patient psychologically.
▪ An extra tablespoon sprinkled over the breakfast cereal can help control irritable bowel syndrome, piles, appendicitis and bowel cancer.
▪ This study lacked objective or prospective data and was biased by the exclusion from the controls of people with irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ This was not necessary with irritable bowel syndrome symptoms as their prevalence does not change with age in this population.
▪ It also inhibits motor activity induced by rectal distention and increases sensory thresholds for defaecation in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ The same drug given intravenously prevents the postprandial increase in sigmoid segmenting pressure activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
large
▪ This suggests a discrepancy in absorption in both the large and small bowel.
▪ Populations at risk for the development of large bowel cancer are also generally at higher risk for development of coronary heart disease.
▪ A range of genetic alterations have recently been described in colorectal cancer and its benign precursor, the large bowel adenoma.
▪ One of these combinations is p53 and c-ras, both frequently activated in large bowel cancers.
▪ Molecular biology of colorectal neoplasia Large bowel cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world.
▪ People who harbour sulphate reducing bacteria in their large bowel have higher levels of sulphide in their faeces than methanogenic subjects.
▪ Discussion Overexpression and mutation of the p53 gene is now well described in large bowel cancer.
▪ There are various ways in which fibre-depleted foods are now thought to be linked with cancer of the large bowel.
normal
▪ After a week or so of this high fibre diet, your constipation should ease and your normal bowel habits return.
▪ Effective H 2 disposal during fermentation is essential for normal large bowel function.
▪ It takes some weeks for the normal bowel bacteria to adjust.
▪ All were of normal body weight, taking a normal diet, and had a normal bowel habit.
▪ All of them eventually died of cardiac failure without the return to normal bowel function.
▪ A normal bowel pattern was accomplished first then toilet training was restarted.
small
▪ A small bowel enema examination was normal.
▪ Particular attention must be paid to gastrointestinal drainage tubes since pancreatic and small bowel secretions are rich in bicarbonate.
▪ This suggests a discrepancy in absorption in both the large and small bowel.
▪ Gastric acid is the primary barrier against orally ingested enteric pathogens, and a major regulator of small bowel flora.
▪ A small bowel barium meal and colonoscopy were performed in eight cases and gastric endosonography was performed in one patient.
▪ Data relating to morphogenesis by small bowel isolates of later development, are limited.
▪ This is a high amplitude burst of contractions that start in the stomach and are propagated distally into the lower small bowel.
■ NOUN
action
▪ Patients often misinterpret their bowel action as well.
▪ The number of bowel actions each week was calculated.
▪ The number of bowel actions in each three day faecal collection was also recorded.
▪ Except for the frequency of bowel actions, there was no difference in gastrointestinal symptoms between the patients and controls.
cancer
▪ Populations at risk for the development of large bowel cancer are also generally at higher risk for development of coronary heart disease.
▪ An extra tablespoon sprinkled over the breakfast cereal can help control irritable bowel syndrome, piles, appendicitis and bowel cancer.
▪ One of these combinations is p53 and c-ras, both frequently activated in large bowel cancers.
▪ Molecular biology of colorectal neoplasia Large bowel cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the western world.
▪ Discussion Overexpression and mutation of the p53 gene is now well described in large bowel cancer.
▪ Patients 102, 205, 206, 304, and 305 died from bowel cancer associated with multiple polyps.
▪ Elizabeth Harrison had extensive surgery for bowel cancer.
▪ Nineth five percent of large bowel cancers showing loss of heterozygosity for 17p alleles also contain a point mutation.
disease
▪ However, Tsuchiya etal have described an association between thymic abnormalities and inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ The mode of action of 5ASA and 4ASA in inflammatory bowel disease is unknown.
▪ Introduction Familial occurrence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease has been reported in several studies during the past decades.
▪ A disturbance in immunoregulatory control has long been suspected to play a major role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ Nevertheless the absence of recurrence during long term follow up will be required to exclude underlying idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
▪ Six Crohn's disease cultures and a single non-inflammatory bowel disease control were positive for M paratuberculosis.
▪ Patients with gall stones or established inflammatory bowel disease were excluded.
▪ In our previous study, 34 monozygotic pairs with inflammatory bowel disease were found.
function
▪ Prevention New parents may need some information in understanding the developmental progress of bowel function.
▪ Therefore, comparisons of bowel function and transit time were made separately in the two age groups.
▪ There is evidence, however, that the two operations do not differ in their effects on bowel function.
▪ He was embarrassed about the nature of his illness and reluctant to discuss his bowel function with anyone, especially young women.
▪ One of the most distressing aspects of spinal injury is an inability to regulate bowel function.
▪ Effective H 2 disposal during fermentation is essential for normal large bowel function.
▪ Assists in maintaining proper bowel function and affords protection against diverticulosis, haemorrhoids and varicose veins.
▪ All of them eventually died of cardiac failure without the return to normal bowel function.
habit
▪ The genesis of abdominal pain or disordered bowel habit is generally ascribed to abnormal colonic motor function.
▪ Changes in bowel habit may indicate disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
▪ We obtained supportive evidence for this explanation from a double contrast barium enema investigation of a patient complaining of changed bowel habit.
▪ Formation of a stoma requires the patient to change his usual bowel habit.
▪ All were of normal body weight, taking a normal diet, and had a normal bowel habit.
movement
▪ They asked about his speed and his fondness for Pedigree Chum Select Cuts, and all expressed interest in his bowel movements.
▪ Q: I have a bowel movement once a week.
▪ The laxative dose was gradually decreased after two to three months to a dose that maintained one bowel movement daily.
▪ The rocking also helps with blood circulation and bowel movement and with preventing calcium deposits and stones.
▪ My, the clarity and attack of our bowel movements.
▪ After the fire exterminated itself, I flushed the ashes down the toilet after a not-inconsiderable bowel movement.
▪ Five or six bowel movements a day were not uncommon.
▪ Concern about a baby's bowel movements can set the scene for concern and anxiety.
obstruction
▪ She gave a two month history of symptoms typical of intermittent small bowel obstruction before requiring a limited right hemicolectomy.
▪ He died of a bowel obstruction.
▪ Small bowel obstruction continues to occur after this operation despite increasing experience with the procedure.
▪ At age 20 she became pregnant and the pregnancy was complicated by episodes of small and large bowel obstruction.
▪ Seven patients had one or more episodes of partial or complete large bowel obstruction and four others were constipated.
▪ All the patients carried a diagnosis of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction based on recurrent symptoms of bowel obstruction without physical lesion.
preparation
▪ One further effect worth considering is the bowel preparation before harvesting of the tissue.
▪ All patients underwent bowel preparation and a fasting regimen before operation.
▪ All patients received a traditional two day bowel preparation and were given clear liquids during this time.
▪ These patients underwent a bowel preparation and fasting regimen similar to the other patients in this study.
resection
▪ The antibodies were tested in specimens obtained at bowel resection from patients with Crohn's disease and controls.
▪ Obstructive symptoms then resulted in a further small bowel resection but he did not achieve remission despite prednisolone.
▪ Control subjects Twenty five surgical control patients, admitted for bowel resection for malignant and non-malignant conditions, were studied.
symptom
▪ Ulcerative colitis may present with anaemia when bowel symptoms are mild or ignored.
▪ They were also asked if they had ever consulted a doctor about recurrent bowel symptoms or abdominal pain.
▪ At first there was little change, but after about three weeks his bowel symptoms were much improved.
▪ This patient was put on a yeast-free diet, and given a second psychiatric assessment when her bowel symptoms had resolved.
▪ No known bowel symptoms, but was never investigated.
▪ Three patients declined to come for a check endoscopy immediately after radiotherapy as they had no bowel symptoms.
▪ A colostomy was performed in an attempt to relieve her large bowel symptoms, and subsequently closed.
▪ She did not return for screening until developed bowel symptoms aged 53 years.
syndrome
▪ The physiological significance of the findings in diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients, which were contrary to expectation, is unknown.
▪ The first four symptoms encompass the six Manning criteria for diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ It is not difficult to imagine how a disorder such as irritable bowel syndrome could affect a patient psychologically.
▪ An extra tablespoon sprinkled over the breakfast cereal can help control irritable bowel syndrome, piles, appendicitis and bowel cancer.
▪ This study lacked objective or prospective data and was biased by the exclusion from the controls of people with irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ This was not necessary with irritable bowel syndrome symptoms as their prevalence does not change with age in this population.
▪ It also inhibits motor activity induced by rectal distention and increases sensory thresholds for defaecation in patients with the irritable bowel syndrome.
▪ The same drug given intravenously prevents the postprandial increase in sigmoid segmenting pressure activity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
wall
▪ All of these treatments, however, suffer from the same inability to reach tumour outside the bowel wall.
▪ Up to 12% of these tumours still confined to the bowel wall have already spread to regional lymph nodes.
▪ A positive reaction was seen in the bowel wall, both in patients with Crohn's disease and in controls.
▪ Diverticular disease is a condition of the bowel caused by abnormal activity of the bowel wall when your diet contains insufficient fibre.
▪ In view of its poor absorption and high local concentration, its site of action seems likely to be within the bowel wall.
▪ In addition, it is possible that colonic decompression may reduce the chance of perforation and improve blood flow to the bowel wall.
■ VERB
move
▪ You did not move your bowels at 7: 30 as I instructed.
▪ Several days had gone by and I had not moved my bowels.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Disease activity must therefore be derived from the degree of abnormal bowel uptake on abdominal scans.
▪ Five or six bowel movements a day were not uncommon.
▪ Furthermore, respiratory and bowel motion cause movement artefacts that frequently degrade the image.
▪ He feels his way through the bowels of the city, conscious of the weight of civilisation above him.
▪ Patients often misinterpret their bowel action as well.
▪ Persistent infection with adenovirus 12 has not been detected in the small bowel of patients with coeliac disease.
▪ Platelet activating factor causes gastrointestinal mucosal injury and ischemic bowel necrosis.
▪ Rises in whole body turnover rates have also been seen in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.