Mysteries of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Post Infections and Psychophysiological Reactions

Abstract

The relationship between gastrointestinal infections and ongoing symptoms after the infections is well established in many studies across many regions of the world. The duration of symptoms are related to the types of infections and sensitivities of the patients. Many psychosomatic symptom associations have been established after post infection according to studies. Many treatment modalities have been tried for minimal ongoing inflammation, microbiota compositions and dietary modifications. However, there is no proper established consensus treatment for post infectious IBS and needs more ongoing works to establish a consensus guideline for these symptom associations.