In medical language, we speak of “functional colopathy”: irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects approximately 3 million people in France. Women are, on average, twice as affected as men: the disease generally occurs around 30-40 years old.
Abdominal pain, feeling of digestive discomfort, transit disorders (constipation, diarrhea) … The exact causes of this pathology are still poorly understood: experts speak of a dysregulation of intestinal motility, intestinal hypersensitivity or more intestinal micro-inflammations. Stress, anxiety and fatigue play an important role in triggering seizures.
Irritable bowel syndrome: an immune reaction similar to an allergy
Researchers at the Kathilieke Unisersiteit Leuven (in Belgium) may have pinpointed the exact origin of irritable bowel syndrome: the symptoms are caused by an inappropriate immune response.
Explanation. When sick people consume certain foods, an abnormal immune reaction is set in motion – similar to an allergy. This immune reaction triggers the secretion of histamine by cells located in the intestinal wall – mast cells. Then come stomach aches, diarrhea, constipation …
“We always thought that [les mastocytes] were activated by stress (…) This new knowledge provides us with further proof that [le SCI est] linked to a real disease: it is not in the minds of patients, contrary to what they sometimes hear“explains Prof. Guy Boeckxstaens, main author of this work published in the specialized journal Nature. Something to reassure patients …
Source: Health Insurance
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