Irritable bowel syndrome: new criteria in the light of the IV revision

Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common, and at the same time one of the most controversial pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract. Over the years, leading experts in the field of functional bowel disorders have been creating new criteria to facilitate the work of practitioners. This article is devoted to the literature review in connection with the release of the new Rome criteria IV revision. We attempted to analyze the new features of the pathophysiological basis of IBS, as well as to study the changes in the classification and diagnostic criteria of this pathology. As a result of the work of the new consensus, opioid-induced constipation was singled out as a separate category for the first time.