Question

A 29-year-old woman has recurrent crampy abdominal pain and diarrhoea with mucus but no blood. Colonoscopy and biopsy are normal. Blood tests including inflammatory markers are normal. She reports that symptoms worsen with stress and improve after defecation. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Irritable bowel syndrome

Answer

Ulcerative colitis

Answer

Crohn's disease

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Coeliac disease

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Colorectal cancer

Practice question

A 29-year-old woman has recurrent crampy abdominal pain and diarrhoea with mucus but no blood. Colonoscopy and biopsy are normal. Blood tests including inflammatory markers are normal. She reports that symptoms worsen with stress and improve after defecation. What is the most likely diagnosis?