Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome among medical students in hail university, Saudi Arabia

Background: despite the modern society and medical knowledge, irritable bowel syndrome has been common these days in medical students in Hail city

Objectives: irritable bowel syndrome [IBS] is a common gastrointestinal disease presenting with abdominal pain, bloating and change in bowel habit. This study aims to assess the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome in medical students in Hail's university, Saudi Arabia

Methods: a cross-sectional study on the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome was randomly distributed among men and women in Hail University in Hail city, of Saudi Arabia from January to February 2018 involving 133 medical student participants

Results: in 18% of the participants have been diagnosed with IBS and 28.5% fit Rome IV criteria for the diagnosis of IBS. Stress with a percentage of 69.2% and lack of exercise 75.9% being the highest risk factors of IBS

Conclusion: our result showed that huge number of medical students are suffering from inflammatory bowel syndrome

prevalence of people underwent appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia

Background: despite the modern life and the availability of knowledge, the prevalence of people who have had appendectomy procedures is increasing these days in Saudi Arabia in the previous years for multiple different risk factors. Knowing the prevalence of people who underwent appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia and comparing it with other countries could provide useful information about these risk factors and how to avoid them

Objectives: This study was done to collect information upon and investigate the prevalence people under went appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 864 participants from different social media platforms to investigate the prevalence of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia from February to April 2018

Results: 41.1% of the participants knew some information about appendicitis, 8.1% of the participants have had an appendectomy procedure, 33.3% of the participants who had an appendectomy procedure suffered from post-surgery complication, 29.7% of the participants suffered from gastrointestinal diseases. Recently, 41.4% of the participants do not eat food rich in fibers and 37.7% of the participants have a positive family history of appendectomy

Conclusion: At the end of this study, there were an increased number of people who have had an appendectomy procedure in Saudi Arabia