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. 2011 Mar;2(2):87–99. doi: 10.1177/2040622310389507

Table 1.

Rome III Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders [Drossman, 2006].

A. Functional oesophageal disorders
   A1. Functional heartburn
   A2. Functional chest pain of presumed oesophageal origin
   A3. Functional dysphagia
   A4. Globus
B. Functional gastroduodenal disorders
   B1. Functional dyspepsia
          B1a. Postprandial distress syndrome
          B1b. Epigastric pain syndrome
   B2. Belching disorders
          B2a. Aerophagia
          B2b. Unspecified excessive belching
   B3. Nausea and vomiting disorders
          B3a. Chronic idiopathic nausea
          B3b. Functional vomiting
          B3c. Cyclic vomiting syndrome
   B4. Rumination syndrome in adults
C. Functional bowel disorders
   C1. Irritable bowel syndrome
   C2. Functional bloating
   C3. Functional constipation
   C4. Functional diarrhoea
   C5. Unspecified functional bowel disorder
D. Functional abdominal pain syndrome
E. Functional gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi (SO) disorders
   E1. Functional gallbladder disorder
   E2. Functional biliary SO disorder
   E3. Functional pancreatic SO disorder
F. Functional anorectal disorders
   F1. Functional faecal incontinence
   F2. Functional anorectal pain
          F2a. Chronic proctalgia
                 F2a1. Levator ani syndrome
                 F2a2. Unspecified functional anorectal pain
          F2b. Proctalgia fugax
   F3. Functional defecation disorders
          F3a. Dyssynergic defecation
          F3b. Inadequate defecatory propulsion