1.   Most of the motility studies on irritable bowel syndrome patients have been conducted for brief periods of time in the very distal portions of the viscus.

2.   The physiological significance of the findings in diarrhoea predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients, which were contrary to expectation, is unknown.

3.   These were irritable bowel syndrome patients with major psychological problems.

4.   The two poor responders in our group were both irritable bowel syndrome patients with major psychological problems.

5.   The reverse could also be true, and mental state was actually the only variable which differentiated these patients from irritable bowel syndrome patients who responded satisfactorily to treatment.

6.   Psychiatrists say that Munchausen syndrome patients long for attention and nurturing, and do not know how to find them in healthy ways.