Article: Epidemiology of uninvestigated and functional dyspepsia in Asia: Facts and fiction

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TitleEpidemiology of uninvestigated and functional dyspepsia in Asia: Facts and fiction
AuthorsGhoshal, UC3
Singh, R3
Chang, FY1
Hou, X4
Wong, BCY2
Kachintorn, U5
KeywordsDyspepsia
Gastrointestinal Disease
Gastroparesis
Helicobacter Pylori
Quality Of Life
Issue Date2011
CitationJournal Of Neurogastroenterology And Motility, 2011, v. 17 n. 3, p. 235-244 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2011.17.3.235
AbstractDyspepsia is a syndrome consisting of epigastric pain, burning, fullness, discomfort, early satiety, nausea, vomiting and belching. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is diagnosed if upper gastrointestinal endoscopy does not show structural abnormality explaining these symptoms. 8%-30% and 8%-23% of Asian people suffer from of uninvestigated dyspepsia and FD, respectively. Most patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia are found to have FD. Patients with FD are usually young and there is no predilection to any gender. Overlap of FD with other functional bowel diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease is common in Asia. Cultural difference in reporting of symptoms of dyspepsia is well-known. Moreover, dietary factors, socio-cultural and psychological issues, gastrointestinal infection including that caused by Helicobacter pylori, frequency of organic diseases such as peptic ulcer and gastric cancer responsible for dyspeptic symptoms in the study population may also influence epidemiology of dyspepsia. There is considerable heterogeneity in the above issues among different Asian countries. More studies on epidemiology of FD are needed in Asia. © 2011 The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
ISSN2093-0879
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2011.17.3.235
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorGhoshal, UC
dc.contributor.authorSingh, R
dc.contributor.authorChang, FY
dc.contributor.authorHou, X
dc.contributor.authorWong, BCY
dc.contributor.authorKachintorn, U
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-05T05:31:02Z
dc.date.available2012-09-05T05:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractDyspepsia is a syndrome consisting of epigastric pain, burning, fullness, discomfort, early satiety, nausea, vomiting and belching. Functional dyspepsia (FD) is diagnosed if upper gastrointestinal endoscopy does not show structural abnormality explaining these symptoms. 8%-30% and 8%-23% of Asian people suffer from of uninvestigated dyspepsia and FD, respectively. Most patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia are found to have FD. Patients with FD are usually young and there is no predilection to any gender. Overlap of FD with other functional bowel diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease is common in Asia. Cultural difference in reporting of symptoms of dyspepsia is well-known. Moreover, dietary factors, socio-cultural and psychological issues, gastrointestinal infection including that caused by Helicobacter pylori, frequency of organic diseases such as peptic ulcer and gastric cancer responsible for dyspeptic symptoms in the study population may also influence epidemiology of dyspepsia. There is considerable heterogeneity in the above issues among different Asian countries. More studies on epidemiology of FD are needed in Asia. © 2011 The Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Neurogastroenterology And Motility, 2011, v. 17 n. 3, p. 235-244 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2011.17.3.235
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5056/jnm.2011.17.3.235
dc.identifier.epage244
dc.identifier.issn2093-0879
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-80054886284
dc.identifier.spage235
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/163411
dc.identifier.volume17
dc.languageeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectDyspepsia
dc.subjectGastrointestinal Disease
dc.subjectGastroparesis
dc.subjectHelicobacter Pylori
dc.subjectQuality Of Life
dc.titleEpidemiology of uninvestigated and functional dyspepsia in Asia: Facts and fiction
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. Veterans General Hospital-Taipei
  2. The University of Hong Kong
  3. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow
  4. Union Hospital
  5. Mahidol University