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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2006

A 35 y.o. woman consulted a doctor about occasional pains in paraumbilical and iliac region that reduce after defecation or passage of gases. Defecation takes place up to 6 times a day, stool is not solid, with some mucus in it. Appetite is normal, she has not put off weight. First such symptoms appeared 1,5 year ago, but colonoscopy data reveals no organic changes. Objectively: abdomen is soft, a little bit painful in the left iliac region. Blood and urine are normal. What is the preliminary diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Pseudomembranous colitis
  2. Dispancreatism
  3. Irritable bowels syndrome
  4. Crohn’s disease
  5. Celiac disease
Correct answer

Irritable bowels syndrome

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