Quality of life and inflammatory bowel diseases.

Early life environment and natural history of inflammatory bowel diseases

BACKGROUND Early life exposures may modify risk of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD; Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC)). However, the relationship between early life exposures and natural history of IBD has not been previously examined. METHODS This single center study included patients with CD or UC recruited in a prospective IBD registry. Enrolled patients completed a detailed e...

Quality of life considering patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases - natural and parenteral nutrition.

UNLABELLED One of the elements of treatment considering inflammatory bowel diseases is nutritional therapy. The duration of the above-mentioned depends on the prevalence of such symptoms as fever, bowel movements, length of the functioning gastrointestinal tract, stoma and intestinal fistula presence. Nutritional therapy is an essential element of successful treatment alongside pharmacological,...

Quality of Life in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - aspects on interventions and unconventional treatments

Health-related quality of life assessment among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases after surgery – review

Aim of the work was to review systematically the published literature addressing whether quality of life (QoL) and health-related QoL (HRQoL) are influenced by surgery among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Electronic databases and published articles were searched to identify relevant studies published in the years 1990-2015. Then, a multistep selection was undertaken to identify...

The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

The human bowel contains a large and biodiverse bacterial community known as the microbiota or microbiome. It seems likely that the microbiota, fractions of the microbiota, or specific species comprising the microbiota provide the antigenic fuel that drives the chronic immune inflammation of the bowel mucosa that is characteristic of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. At least twenty years...