Is there an irritable bladder in the irritable bowel syndrome?

• Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 104; no. 12; pp. 1409 - 1412
• Main Authors: Monga, Ash K., Marrero, Jose M., Stanton, Stuart L., Lemieux, Marie‐Claude, Maxwell, J. Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.1997
• Subjects: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Colonic Diseases, Functional - complications; Female; Humans; Pain Measurement; Prospective Studies; Sensory Thresholds; Urinary Bladder Diseases - complications; Urination Disorders - etiology; Urodynamics

In this prospective case controlled study 16 premenopausal women with documented irritable bowel syndrome were recruited from the gastroenterology clinic and 16 premenopausal controls without symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome were recruited from the gynaecology clinic. All women answered a standa...