Sheth Anish, Floch Martin
Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Digestive Diseases, 40 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
Nutr Clin Pract. 2009 Feb-Mar;24(1):41-4. doi: 10.1177/0884533608329230.
Diverticular disease is one of the most common medical conditions affecting Western populations. Inflammatory complications are the most common manifestation of the disease and typically cause acute bouts of abdominal pain and fever. Chronic symptoms can also occur and can be mistakenly attributed to irritable bowel syndrome and rarely to inflammatory bowel disease. Alterations in peridiverticular bacterial flora are thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of diverticular inflammation. This article discusses the rationale and reviews the existing clinical data regarding the role of probiotics in the management of diverticular disease.
憩室病是影响西方人群的最常见疾病之一。炎症性并发症是该疾病最常见的表现，通常会引发急性腹痛和发热。慢性症状也可能出现，并且可能被误诊为肠易激综合征，很少被误诊为炎症性肠病。憩室周围细菌菌群的改变被认为在憩室炎的发病机制中起作用。本文讨论了相关原理，并回顾了有关益生菌在憩室病管理中作用的现有临床数据。
