The Long-term Benefit of Surgery on Quality of Life in Patients With IBD Okay…where do I start with this one?? Patients with inflammatory bowel disease can be managed very effectively using functional methods and natural approaches. But you have to have an inkling of how the GI tract functions before you can address IBD in […]
Lymphoma, inflammatory bowel disease and immunosuppression The idea of long term immunosupression to manage a chronic disease has always concerned me. This article reviews the concern, to include the use of the new TNF-alpha receptor blockage medications, of increase risk of lyphoma. Many, if not all, cases of inflammatory bowel disease can respond wonderfully to […]
Can calprotectin simplify the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome? Calprotectin is a marker for inflammation of the GI tract and is suggested in this study as a fecal marker to differentiate IBS from inflammatory bowel disease. While this is an easy and effective way to differentiate, I have a problem with this article referring to […]
Mucosal Flora in Inflammatory Bowel Disease This article suggests that patients with IBD have a decreased ability to keep bacteria from growing along the mucosal layer of the gut. A few things to consider here. First, this article does not suggest it, but I would consider the makeup of that flora incredibly important as to […]
Antibiotics increase functional abdominal symptoms Much evidence, both experimental and anecdotal, point to alterations in the physiology of the GI tract as causative factors in IBS. Impaired digestion, poor diet and abnormal/pathogenic flora are all easily modified factors. Antibiotics greatly alter the balance of the flora in the GI tract, favoring the overgrowth of yeasts. […]
