Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?

Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?

Not so long ago, physicians construed the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as being a neurotic trait: it was all in the head. Today most clinicians believe that the main abnormality lies in the brain (and spinal cord), which reacts abnormally to stimuli from the gut. Recent studies are identifying...

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Main Authors: Christopher N Andrews, Eldon A Shaffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/707528
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spelling doaj-e7ccfc766ee74e3496b1731ff6331ca42020-11-24T23:02:27ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002004-01-01181060160310.1155/2004/707528Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?Christopher N Andrews0Eldon A Shaffer1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USADivision of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaNot so long ago, physicians construed the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as being a neurotic trait: it was all in the head. Today most clinicians believe that the main abnormality lies in the brain (and spinal cord), which reacts abnormally to stimuli from the gut. Recent studies are identifying a basis for these neural changes - low grade inflammation in the gut - which may play a key role in IBS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/707528
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title_short Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?
title_full Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?
title_fullStr Simmering Innards: Does Irritable Bowl Syndrome Have an Immunological Basis?
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description Not so long ago, physicians construed the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as being a neurotic trait: it was all in the head. Today most clinicians believe that the main abnormality lies in the brain (and spinal cord), which reacts abnormally to stimuli from the gut. Recent studies are identifying a basis for these neural changes - low grade inflammation in the gut - which may play a key role in IBS.
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