Prevalencia del síndrome del intestino irritable en militares activos atendidos en consulta externa en el área de gastroenterología del Hospital Naval de Guayaquil en el período de diciembre del 2019 hasta enero del 2021.

Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome is considered as a gastrointestinal disorder, those who suffer from it tend to present both physical and functional restrictions, which is why knowin the characteristics and factors that affect the pathology in order to reach the early diagnosis. Objective: To characterize the patients with irritable bowel syndrome who attend the gastroenterology outpatient clinic of the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil in the period from December 2019 to January 2021. Methodology: A cross-sectional, observational, descriptive prevalence study was carried out from 2019-2021 of all active military personnel diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, who were treated in an outpatient clinic in the area of gastroenterology at the Naval Hospital of Guayaquil. Results: We obtained a sample of 68 patients of which the prevalence of presenting irritable bowel syndrome is 10.9%, the predominant sex is male with 71% with average age between 20-39 years, the most frequent body mass index was from 25 to 29.9kg/m2, in addition it was found that stress situations are the most predisposing factor with 47% and finally the most frequent subtype of the syndrome Irritable bowel was the subtype without diarrhea with 71% of cases. Conclusion: the precipitating factors most frequently in the syndrome of the irritable intestine are psychological factors, followed by eating habits, the most frequent clinical manifestations were pain that is relieved in defecation, abdominal distention and meteorism.