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Analyzing Beneficial Effects of Nutritional Supplements on Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Functions During Experimental Colitis
Published on: January 5, 2017
[Intestinal damage by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs]
José Luis Rocha Ramírez1, Javier Walter Parrado Montaño, Moisés Rojas Illanes
1Servicio de Cirugía de Colon y Recto, Hospital de Especialidades CMN Siglo XXI IMSS, Av. Cuauhtémoc No. 330, Col. Doctores, C.P. 06700, México, DF. rochajlrr@hotmail.com
Background:
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) are the most widely prescribed medication in the world, with a high complication rate including gastrointestinal damage.
Objective:
To present two clinical cases of intestinal damage associated to the chronic ingestion of NSAIDs.
Method:
A clinical case with inflammatory bowel disease and jejunum enteropathy and another case associated with clinical symptoms of digestive hemorrhage and endoscopic demostration of ulcers in the right colon.
Conclusion:
Patients with previous ingestion of NSAIDs presenting diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, malnutrition or anemia need to discard intestinal damage.
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