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mucous colitis ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mucous colitis - recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stressirritable bowel syndrome, spastic coloncolitis, inflammatory bowel disease - inflammation of the colon |
mucous colitis
mucous colitis[′myü·kəs kə′līd·əs] (medicine) irritable colon mucous colitis
mu·cous co·li·tisan affliction of the colon mucous membrane characterized by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. Synonym(s): mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitismu·cous co·li·tis (myū'kŭs kō-lī'tis) An affliction of the mucous membrane of the colon characterized by colicky pain, constipation, or diarrhea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. Patient discussion about mucous colitisQ. What percentages of fibromyalgia patients have IBS. My cousin with fibromyalgia aka FMS have also been diagnosed with IBS. Is it a usual happening? What percentages of fibromyalgia patients have IBS?A. Irritable bowel syndrome seems to go hand in hand with FMS, similar to the way in which people with fibromyalgia are also found to have depression. A fairly high percentage of individuals with fibromyalgia aka FMS have also been diagnosed with IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome. So how high is the percentage? It is believed that up to 70 to 80 percent of fibromyalgia patients also suffer from IBS, a form of inflammatory bowel disease. Irritable bowel syndrome seems to go hand in hand with FMS, similar to the way in which people with fibromyalgia are also found to have depression. Statistically, of course, those who have both IBS and FMS are overwhelmingly female, just as patients who are diagnosed with depression, fibromyalgia, or irritable bowel syndrome separately, tend more often to be female versus male. More discussions about mucous colitismucous colitis
Synonyms for mucous colitisnoun recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation)Synonyms- irritable bowel syndrome
- spastic colon
Related Words- colitis
- inflammatory bowel disease
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