Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students in hail university, Saudi Arabia

Background: despite the modern society and medical knowledge, irritable bowel syndrome has been common these days in medical students in Hail city

Objectives: irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] is a common gastrointestinal disease presenting with abdominal pain, bloating and change in bowel habit. This study aims to assess the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students in Hail's university, Saudi Arabia

Methods: a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was randomly distributed among men and women in Hail University in Hail city, of Saudi Arabia from January to February 2018 involving 133 medical student participants

Results: in 18% of the participants have been diagnosed with IBS and 28.5% fit Rome IV criteria for the diagnosis of IBS. Stress with a percentage of 69.2% and lack of exercise 75.9% being the highest risk factors of IBS

Conclusion: our result showed that huge number of medical students are suffering from inflammatory bowel syndrome

prevalence of rickets disorder among children in Saudi Arabia

Background: Despite the modern life and the availability of nutrition, the prevalence of children suffering from rickets in Saudi Arabia is increasing these days. Rickets can cause an effect to the children growth and cause an impaction on their later life. Identifying the prevalence of rickets in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with other countries can bring useful information about it in reaching the causes, risk factors and prevention methods that have been done in the community to avoid it

Objectives: This study was done to investigate the prevalence of rickets among children in Saudi Arabia

Methods: A cross-sectional study on knowing the prevalence of rickets among children living in Saudi Arabia was carried out on 864 participants within different social media platforms during the period from February to April 2018

Results: 15.3% of the children were diagnosed with rickets, 50.5. % of the diagnosed children was between the ages of 0 to 5. Regarding risk factors, 41.9% of the children drink soft drinks and 15.4% of them were obese. Only 55% of the participants breast fed their children, 35.9% of the participants know what rickets is, 45.3% ask for medical help once their child has been diagnosed and 70.5% of the participants thought that vitamin D can prevent rickets

Conclusion: At the end of this study, there were an increased number of children that have been diagnosed with rickets in Saudi Arabia