Upper Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Young Adults

Background: Functional Gastrointestinal disorders (FGID) are commondisorders in gastroenterology which are common in young adults.Theaim of this study is evaluating the prevalence of upper FGID in iranianyoung adults. Methods and Material: This was a cross-sectional study whichwas on 995 persons who were going to marry. A ROME III based question-naire was used to determine the frequency of upper GI Syndromes among the sample population. Results: Our results determined 74 subjects had func-tional dyspepsia (36 subjects diagnosed as postprandial distress syndrome patient and Epigastric pain syndrome was seen in 38 subjects). Functional heartburn was diagnosed in 52 participants. Globus was seen in 35 subjects and 41 had unspecified excessive belching. Discussion: Many epidemiologicstudies were done all around the world but there are different reports about prevalence and incidence of FGIDs. Our results were agreed with reported prevalence of FGIDs in Iran in adults. And our findings were agreed with some other Asian studies.