
|Articles|September 6, 2021
Pharmacy Clinical Pearl of the Day: IBS vs IBD
Author(s)Saro Arakelians, PharmD
Irritable bowel syndrome is the term for symptoms that occur when the contents of the large intestine move too quickly or too slowly.
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Clinical Pearl of the Day: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) vs inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Explanation:
- IBD is a group of disease conditions that cause irritation in the digestive tract, causing swelling and other symptoms, such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis.
- IBS is the term for symptoms that occur when the contents of the large intestine move too quickly or too slowly.
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