Functional gastrointestinal disorders

Functional gastrointestinal disorder are a group of Gastrointestinal disorders which include a number of separate idiopathic disorders which affect different part of the gastrointestinal tract.

Classification

 * Functional esophageal disorders
 * Functional heartburn
 * Functional chest pain of presumed esophageal origin
 * Functional dysphagia
 * Globus pharyngis
 * Functional colonic disease
 * Functional constipation
 * Functional rectal pain

Diagnosis
The Rome process has helped to define the functional gastrointestinal disorders. Successively, the Rome I, Rome II and the Rome III meetings have proposed a consensual classification system and terminology, as recommended by the Rome Coordinating Committee.

Epidemiology
Functional gastrointestinal disorders have been found in 60-70% of both Canadian and America populations.