TY - JOUR
T1 - La sindrome della diarrea persistente post-enteritica
T2 - «Take an aspirin for your bowel»?
AU - Maggiore, Giuseppe
AU - Caprai, Silvia
AU - Sciveres, Marco
AU - Bertacca, Luca
PY - 2001/12/31
Y1 - 2001/12/31
N2 - In developed countries persistent post-enteritic diarrhea is a clinical syndrome including three distinct entities: Chronic non specific diarrhea, usually not associated with failure to thrive; persistent post-enteritic diarrhea, with moderate growth impairment and histological abnormalities; post-infective gut dysfunction, which is likely a component of the irritable bowel syndrome. Animal models of smooth muscle hypercontractility persisting after an acute infection indicate that mediators, such as PGE2, produced by resident cells, actively maintain the persistent changes in the gut during the post-infective status. The reversibility of these functional changes by anti-inflammatory agents provides a basis for the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with post-infective gut disorder.
AB - In developed countries persistent post-enteritic diarrhea is a clinical syndrome including three distinct entities: Chronic non specific diarrhea, usually not associated with failure to thrive; persistent post-enteritic diarrhea, with moderate growth impairment and histological abnormalities; post-infective gut dysfunction, which is likely a component of the irritable bowel syndrome. Animal models of smooth muscle hypercontractility persisting after an acute infection indicate that mediators, such as PGE2, produced by resident cells, actively maintain the persistent changes in the gut during the post-infective status. The reversibility of these functional changes by anti-inflammatory agents provides a basis for the use of anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with post-infective gut disorder.
KW - Anti-inflammatory drugs
KW - Chronic non-specific diarrhea
KW - Persistent diarrhea
KW - Persistent post-enteritic diarrhea
KW - Post-infective gut disorder
KW - Post-infective irritable bowel syndrome
KW - Toddler diarrhea
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M3 - Articolo
AN - SCOPUS:0035981186
VL - 20
SP - 670
EP - 674
JO - Medico e Bambino
JF - Medico e Bambino
SN - 1591-3090
IS - 10
ER -