Efectos de la fibra medicinal sobre el tránsito colónico en pacientes con síndrome del colon irritable. / [Effects of medicinal fiber on colonic transit in patients with irritable colon syndrome]

ABSTRACT

Twenty patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, 14 patients with pain and constipation and 6 patients with pain and diarrhoea, were studied in order to a) Evaluate the symptomatic response to a Plantago Ovatae fiber medicine. b) Study with radio-opaque markers the colonic transit modifications that could explain the therapeutic responses. There were observed the following results: 1) Pain decreased or disappeared in 80