A 27-year-old woman with recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habit has normal FBC, CRP and coeliac screen. What is the most appropriate first-l...

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A 27-year-old woman with recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habit has normal FBC, CRP and coeliac screen. What is the most appropriate first-line management?

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Low-FODMAP diet advice and lifestyle measures

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Empirical antibiotics

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Immediate colonoscopy

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High-dose loperamide regularly

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Long-term opioid therapy

mrcgp akt MCQ (SBA): Irritable Bowel Syndrome

A 27-year-old woman with recurrent abdominal pain and altered bowel habit has normal FBC, CRP and coeliac screen. What is the most appropriate first-line management?