Med. praxi. 2019;16(4):215-219 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2019.032

Inflammatory bowel disease and the importance of probiotics treatment

MUDr. Barbora Pipek

Centrum péče o zažívací trakt, Vítkovická nemocnice, a. s., Ostrava

II. interní klinika – gastroenterologická a geriatrická, Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc

Crohn´s disease and ulcerative colitis are inflammatory bowel diseases, whose cause is not clear. We expected, that genetic and external factors participate in to their origin. The treatment of Crohn´s disease and ulcerative colitis is complicated and aminosalicylates, corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and recently also biological therapy are the basis of the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Probiotics are living microorganisms of the human origin, that can influence human health, if they are used in sufficient quantities. Their position in IBD treatment is not dominant, but they are important in the long-term treatment of ulcerative colitis and in prevention of pouchitis.

Keywords: inflammatory bowel disease, probiotics, intestinal microbiome, pouchitis

Published: October 1, 2019  Show citation