Crohn disease, chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, usually occurring in the terminal portion of the ileum, the region of the small intestine farthest from the stomach. Crohn disease was first described in 1904 by Polish surgeon Antoni Leśniowski. It was later named for American gastroen...
Outline SURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CHRONIC ULCERATIVE COLITIS SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CROHN'S DISEASE OF THE SMALL INTESTINE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CROHN'S DISEASE OF THE COLON AND RECTUM ReferencesShow full outline Cited by (123) Figures (7) Show 1 more figure Tables (2) Table 1 Table 2...
1.Whatisthedisease/conditionandwhatisitsprevalenceinAustralia? -Coeliacdisease/glutensensitiveenteropathy.Hereditaryautoimmunedisease. -Isnotanallergyshouldnotbeconfusedwithwheatintolerance.Isapermanent intestinalintolerancetogluten. -Life-longinflammatorydiseaseoftheproximalsmallintestine(generally). Damagegraduallydecreases...
Bacteriacan survive within the body but outside individual cells. Some bacteria, classified asaerobes, require oxygen for growth, while others, such as those normally found in thesmall intestineof healthy persons, grow only in the absence of oxygen and, therefore, are calledanaerobes. Most bacter...
Cholestasis is regarded as reduced bile formation or flow, leading to a decreased concentration of bile acids in the intestine, and the retention within the blood and the liver of biliary substances which are normally excreted into bile [1]. In the pediatric population, cholestasis predominantly af...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a priority health problem with a high cost to society and a large consumption of medical and social resources. The management of AD patients is complex and multidisciplinary. Over 90% of patients suffer from concomitant disea
As part of its function, the liver makes bile, a fluid that contains among other substances, water, chemicals, and bile acids (made from stored cholesterol in the liver). Bile is stored in the gallbladder, and when food enters the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine), bile ...
Neuromedin U programs eosinophils to promote mucosal immunity of the small intestine. Science 381, 1189–1196 (2023). This study demonstrates that neuromedin U has a crucial role in controlling epithelial cell differentiation and barrier immunity through the activation of NMUR1-expresssing eosinophil...
I. et al. Specific microbiota direct the differentiation of IL-17-producing T-helper cells in the mucosa of the small intestine. Cell Host Microbe 4, 337–349 (2008). An important study that describes the immunological interplay between segmented filamentous bacteria and Th17 cells in the ...
There are five types of Crohn's based on which part of your digestive tract is affected. Ileocolitis, the most common form of Crohn's disease, involves yourcolonand the last part of your small intestine (called the ileum or terminal ileum). ...