Calprotectin is a protein released by white blood cells involved in inflammation of the bowel.1 It can be detected in faeces using laboratory or point of care tests. Although an elevated calprotectin level indicates inflammation in the bowel, it cannot identify the cause.1 Faecal calprotectin ...
• Small bowel imaging How can Crohn’s disease be treated? There is no cure for Crohn’s disease; the goal of treatment is to reduce the inflammation of the bowels that trigger the symptoms of this disease. If the inflammation is managed with medications, the long term prognosis of Crohn...
Therefore, animal models are used to test hypotheses with respect to dietary factors and intestinal inflammation. Naturally, animal models have limitations, and knowledge of key characteristics of colitis animal models is crucial to understand their advantages and disadvantages. In recent year the ...
bowel disease?While causes haven't been specifically clarified, Nikias says, they most likely involve some autoimmune type process largely driven through genetics. That, coupled with some external influence, leads to this unchecked inflammation in the gut, he explains.Because of the genetic component...
Inflammation of the Pancreas:Inflammation of the pancreas is a condition known as pancreatitis. Pancreatitis can be a very serious condition, even potentially life-threatening. Symptoms of pancreatitis include intense abdominal pain, fever, nausea, tachycardia (rapid heart rate), vomiting, fatty stools...
Hepatitis B is inflammation of the liver caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The infection is called acute when a person first becomes infected. The infection becomes chronic when a person has symptoms for 6 months or longer. HBV infection can be prevented with 2 or 3 doses of ...
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder that is characterized by abdominal pain and an altered defecation pattern. It affects between 5 and 20% of the general population and can seriously impact quality of life. The pathophysiology of IBS is rather complex an...
What is the pathophysiology of inflammation?The Immune System:The immune system is a complex network of organs, cells, and organic structures that work together to protect the human body against the numerous biological dangers it confronts on a daily basis. The immune system's primary purpose is...
What is IBD?: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a term used to describe a group of conditions that cause chronic inflammation of the gut.
inflammatory bowel disease. It’s an autoimmune disease that affects the large intestine. This means that the immune system is dysregulated and causes inflammation, damage, and bleeding sores (ulcers) in the intestinal lining. There aredifferent typesof ulcerative colitis depending on which part of ...