Irritable bowel syndrome – a literature review

CUBER, Iwona, AGHADI, Artur, BIAŁOWĄS, Edyta, DYBAŁA, Ewelina & MAZUREK, Magdalena. Irritable bowel syndrome – a literature review. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2023;13(4):53-62.eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2023.13.04.005 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/42230 https://zenodo.org/record/7644704 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2023; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received:25.01.2023. Revised: 29.01.2023. Accepted: 16.02.2023. Irritable bowel syndrome – a literature review Zespół jelita drażliwego – przegląd literatury Iwona Cuber Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego SPZOZ w Lublinie Aleja Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 Lublin ORCID 0000-0002-0507-0126 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-0126 cuber.iwona@gmail.com Artur Aghadi Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego SPZOZ w Lublinie Aleja Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 Lublin ORCID 0000-0001-9020-0433 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9020-0433 aghadi.artur1995@gmail.com Edyta Białowąs Szpital Miejski im. Jana Pawła II Rycerska 4, 35-241 Rzeszów ORCID 0000-0001-6002-5689 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6002-5689 edytaacc@interia.pl Ewelina Dybała Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego SPZOZ w Lublinie Aleja Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 Lublin ORCID 0000-0001-6285-822X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-822Xewelina.dybala@gmail.com Magdalena Mazurek Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego SPZOZ w Lublinie Aleja Kraśnicka 100, 20-718 Lublin ORCID 0000-0001-8196-3180 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8196-3180 magdalenamazurekk.95@gmail.com ABSTRACT Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common diseases affecting people around the world. It is characterized by irregular bowel movements and abdominal pain. IBS significantly reduces the quality of life of patients. Despite such a frequent occurrence of this disease, its correct diagnosis and treatment still causes many problems for primary care physicians. Aim of the study: The aim of the study is to present the current state of knowledge on the pathophysiology, diagnostics and drugs used in irritable bowel syndrome. Description of the state of knowled