Search for dissertations about: "inflammatory bowel diseases"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 99 swedish dissertations containing the words inflammatory bowel diseases.

  2. 16. Living with inflammatory bowel disease : health-related quality of life, worries, and stress

    Author : Susanna Jäghult; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Inflammatory bowel disease;

    Abstract : Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have a number of worries and concerns related to the disease, and in comparison with a general population their health-related quality of life is impaired. These patients need disease-related information and education. READ MORE

  4. 17. Defensins and cytokines in inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Arman Rahman; Mats Andersson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : immunologi; Immunology;

    Abstract : Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) constitute the two major inflammatory bowel diseases in man. Both are serious chronic illnesses of the intestine with severe debilitating effects. The etiology of the diseases is unknown, but involvement of both adaptive and innate immune reactions seems to be major factors in the pathogenesis. READ MORE

  5. 18. Microbiota of the alimentary tract of children - implications for allergy and inflammatory bowel disease

    Author : Fei Sjöberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; gut flora; child; oral flora; allergy; duodenum; inflammatory bowel disease; culture; T-RFLP; pyrosequencing;

    Abstract : Allergy, which is the most common chronic disease in Swedish children and adolescents, is associated with a high standard of living and Western lifestyle. According to the hygiene hypothesis, allergy is due to inadequate stimulation of the immune system by microbes during early childhood, leading to failed maturation of the immune system. READ MORE

  6. 19. Experimental animal models for the study of inflammatory bowel diseases and gastrointestinal anti-inflammatory drugs

    Author : Lars-Göran Axelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP;

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  7. 20. Quality of life in inflammatory bowel diseases : aspects on interventions and unconventional treatments

    Author : Lena Oxelmark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Complementary and alternative medicine; coping; Crohn s disease; Health Index; health related quality of life; inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire; quality of life; Sense of Coherence; Sickness Impact Profile; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; surveillance; Ulcerative colitis;

    Abstract : Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) of unknown aetiology and characterized by periods of remission and exacerbation. Disabling bowel symptoms, untoward effects of treatments and interventions, the risk of developing colorectal cancer in longstanding UC, ignorance of the disease, disappointment in conventional medicine, all these features may influence the patient s health related quality of life (HRQOL) in various ways. READ MORE