Question

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?

Accepted Answer

Low-FODMAP diet advice and lifestyle measures

Answer

Empirical antibiotics

Answer

Immediate colonoscopy

Answer

High-dose loperamide regularly

Answer

Long-term opioid therapy

Practice question

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?