Functional gastrointestinal disorder

Functional gastrointestinal disorder include a number of separate idiopathic disorders which affect different part of the gastrointestinal tract.^[1]

Classification

• Functional esophageal disorders
  • Functional heartburn
  • Functional chest pain of presumed esophageal origin
  • Functional dysphagia
  • Globus pharyngis
• Functional colonic disease
  • Functional constipation
  • Functional rectal pain

Diagnosis

The Rome process has helped to define the functional gastrointestinal disorders.^[2] Successively, the Rome I, Rome II and the Rome III meetings have proposed a consensual classification system and terminology, as recommended by the Rome Coordinating Committee.

Epidemiology

Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been found in 60-70% of both Canadian and America populations.^[1]

References