Klin Farmakol Farm. 2009;23(1):35-41

Functional dyspepsia

prof. MUDr. Jiří Ehrmann CSc

II. interní klinika FN a LF UP Olomouc

Many different sets of symptoms have been used synonymously with the term dyspepsia which has caused confusion. Most patiens do

not recognized the term dyspepsia and most physicians have interpreted the term dyspepsia very variably. The functional dyspepsia,

the most frequent component of functional gastrointestinal disorders is definited as the presence of symptoms thought to originate

in the gastrointestinal region, in the absence of any organic, systemic, or metabolic diseases that is likely to explain the symptoms. The

main top of this article is to present the historical development of conceptions of the functional gastrointestinal diseases, especialy of

the functional dyspepsia and present this day classification – Rome III (2006) formed by the Roma Foundation. In the article is also presented

the traditional Czech point of view on this problem. The next parts of this reviuwal presentation take up with special questions

of the functional dyspepsia including methods of treatment.

Keywords: history of dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, Rome III classification, traditional Czech classification – treatment.

Published: May 1, 2009  Show citation