A 43-year-old male complains of stomach pain, which relieves with defecation, and is accompanied by abdominal winds, rumbling, the feeling of incomplete evacuation or urgent need for bowel movement, constipation or diarrhea in alternation. These symptoms have lasted for over 3 months. No changes in laboratory tests. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

1. Irritable bowel syndrome
2. Atonic colitis
3. Spastic colitis
4. Chronic enterocolitis, exacerbation phase
5. Colitis with hypertonic type dyskinesia

Explanation

A 43 y.o. male complains of stomach pain, which relieves with defecation, and is accompanied by abdominal winds, rumbling, the feeling of incomplete evacuation or urgent need for bowel movement, constipation or diarrhea in alternation. These symptoms have lasted for over 3 months. No changes in laboratory tests. What is the most likely diagnosis?Diagnostic criteria for