ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common public health The condition is characterized by a scarcity of biological markers; thus, diagnostic definitions and classifications have relied to a large extent on symptoms, gastrointestinal manifestations of patients with functional abnormalities of the thyroid is not well documented. While thyroid disorder should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with IBS symptoms, it is not clear if thyroid disturbances amongst patients with IBS are high enough to warrant routine screening.
OBJECTIVE:
To comparing thyroid function in patients with IBS to that of healthy volunteers undergoing routine colorectal cancer screening.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study conducted at the Gastroenterology clinic of the Teaching Hospital of Karkuk Medical College between September 2010 and September 2012, there were two study populations enrolled in this study. An IBS group composed of consecutive adult female patients with suspected IBS fulfilled the Rome II criteria for IBS, and the control group consists of women who were scheduled for screening colonoscopy.
Thyroid Function Test (TFT) was done for the two groups that include measurement of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4) together with thyrotropin stimulating hormone (TSH).
RESULTS: disturbance of thyroid function was found among patients with IBS when compared with healthy subjects.
CONCLUSIONS: the convenience of TFTs suggest that their routine use in the diagnostic evaluation of established IBS patients should be recommended in populations at a high risk of thyroid problems.
Key words: Key words: thyroid function, IBS,colonoscopy.
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