The evolution of scientific knowledge about irritable bowel syndrome

Abstract

The study of the causes and mechanisms of symptoms of functional bowel diseases, the study of diagnostic methods and the search for the most effective algorithms for managing patients with irritable bowel syndrome have remained highly relevant since the formation of medical science. Previous studies of the structure of the intestine at the macro- and microstructural level, physiological and pathophysiological processes, the introduction and modification of new diagnostic methods for functional diseases of the colon have become the basis for modern algorithms for the management of patients with irritable bowel syndrome.