Is there an overlap between irritable bowel syndrome and appendicopathy syndrome? A new theory

Medical Hypotheses
H J M de Kok

Abstract

The costs of irritable bowel syndrome are huge - personally, socially and financially. Yet despite numerous articles on the subject, an effective treatment seems far away. The hypothesis to be offered in this paper is: that a (laparoscopic) appendicectomy could also be useful in treating at least some of the patients with IBS. Using data I have collected from my own surgery practice over a number of years, I will demonstrate the link between the effective treatment of appendicitis by laparoscopic appendectomy and propose that this could also be a useful treatment for some cases of IBS. The study of symptoms of IBS showed that it shared several of the symptoms found in appendicopathy. The aim of this study is: (1) to confirm the cure rate of the laparoscopic appendectomy in cases of appendicopathy, (2) to determine the overlap of symptoms and (3) examine a new theory - that some cases of IBS originate in the appendix. Two succeeding series of patients sent to me for possible appendicopathy were treated with laparoscopic appendectomy if their list of symptoms suggested this was appropriate. The first series comprised 114 patients. The results prompted a second series of 126 patients. This second group was primarily set up to conf...Continue Reading

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