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Abstract
小児思春期において慢性腹痛の原因となる最も重要な疾患は過敏性腸症候群(irritable bowel syndrome; IBS)である.しかしながら,成人のIBSに比して小児思春期IBSに関する臨床的研究はまだ十分なものとはいいがたい.今回"発達と分化"の視点から,小児思春期IBSの臨床について論じた.1)小児思春期においてはIBSの症候学は多様であり,年齢によって機能性消化管障害の呼び名は異なっている.2)治療は排便の生理学を踏まえたものであるべきであり,とりわけ排便機能において重要な役割を示す胃結腸反射についての理解が求められる.3)「発達」についての評価は,IBS患者の理解・治療において欠かすことのできない要素となっている.4)小児思春期におけるROME III基準は,臨床の現実を十分に反映しているとはいいがたいところがある.このような現実を勘案しながら,小児思春期IBSの診断・治療の具体的ガイドラインの確立が望まれる.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common cause of chronic abdominal pain in children and adolescents. However, we are not necessarily satisfied with the clinical investigation on childhood IBS comparing with adult IBS. In this article, the author will try to reconsider the problem from a developmental and differential viewpoint. (1) Symptomatology of IBS in children and adolescents has a considerable variety at each age group, and younger children have the different term of functional gastrointestinal disorders. (2) A treatment should be base on the physiology of defecation, and on comprehension about "gastrocolonic reflex" that plays a very important role in normal defecation. (3) The evaluation of developmental problems has become a very important factor in a therapeutic approach to children and adolescents with IBS. (4) The Rome III child and adolescent criteria did not represent all of the clinical facts of pediatricians in Japan. We should speed up working to complete the algorithm of childhood IBS.
Journal
- Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine [List of Volumes]
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Japanese Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine 49(3), 207-214, 2009-03-01 [Table of Contents]
Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine