GLOBUS AND HEADACHE - COMMON SYMPTOMS OF IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 118  (4) , 387-388
Abstract
Persons with the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) have a significantly higher prevalence of globus and migraine-like headache than age-matched control subjects. Persons with organic disease of the esophagus or colon may have a reduced prevalence of functional symptoms involving the opposite end of the gastrointestinal tract. The dispersed pattern of symptoms in IBS suggests that some agent, such as a hormone, may be acting systemically.