Parasitosis and irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract characterised by multi-factorial aetiology. In IBS physiopathology are involved diverse factors between them biological, psychosocial, and environmental components which affect the immune activation status of gut m...

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Published in:Revista chilena de infectología 2016-06, Vol.33 (3), p.268-274
Main Authors: Ibarra, Catalina, Herrera, Valentina, Pérez de Arce, Edith, Gil, Luis Carlos, Madrid, Ana María, Valenzuela, Lucía, Beltrán, Caroll J
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Blastocystis hominis - pathogenicity
Blastocystis Infections - complications
Chile
Entamoeba histolytica - pathogenicity
Entamoebiasis - complications
Giardia lamblia - pathogenicity
Giardiasis - complications
Humans
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - complications
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic - physiopathology
Intestinal Mucosa - parasitology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - parasitology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - physiopathology
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Summary:Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional disorder of the gastrointestinal tract characterised by multi-factorial aetiology. In IBS physiopathology are involved diverse factors between them biological, psychosocial, and environmental components which affect the immune activation status of gut mucosa. Among these factors is recognized the intestinal parasitosis. Post-infection IBS (PI-IBS) is recognised as a subgroup of functional disorders whose symptoms onset appear after a symptomatic intestinal infection caused by microbial agents. There are few studies regarding of relationship between IBS and intestinal parasitosis in Chile. However, is has been well described a positive association between IBS and Blastocystis hominis infections, one of prevalent parasites in Chile. In other countries, is also described a relationship between IBS and amebiasis and giardiasis. Both, characterized by a common mode of transmission through water as well as contaminated food. Because the high prevalence of parasitosis in our country it is necessary to expand the association studies to clarify the strength of the parasites ethiology in IBS.
ISSN:0717-6341
DOI:10.4067/S0716-10182016000300003