Derda Edyta, Szymańska Edyta, Sokolek Magda, Kierkuś Jarosław
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Paediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Prz Gastroenterol. 2024;19(3):231-235. doi: 10.5114/pg.2024.143143. Epub 2024 Sep 18.
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the safety of those with compromised immune systems and chronic disease has been of particular concern for health care providers. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic, incurable conditions of digestive system with unknown aetiology, but one of the causes is disordered immune response. Medical therapies most frequently used in IBD are immune suppressing or modifying with the rising use of biologic treatment. All these aspects make patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis a group of particular risk. Therefore, the aim of this review is to discuss potential mechanisms, risks, and management of patients with IBD during COVID-19 pandemic.
自2020年新冠疫情开始以来,免疫系统受损者和慢性病患者的安全一直是医疗服务提供者特别关注的问题。炎症性肠病(IBD)是消化系统的慢性、不治之症,病因不明,但其中一个原因是免疫反应紊乱。IBD最常用的药物治疗是免疫抑制或免疫调节,生物治疗的使用也在增加。所有这些因素使克罗恩病和溃疡性结肠炎患者成为一个特别危险的群体。因此,本综述的目的是讨论新冠疫情期间IBD患者的潜在机制、风险和管理。