Publications by authors named "Tomas Cortes Espinosa"
Article Synopsis
- - Colitis is inflammation of the colon that comes in various forms, including Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, and infectious colitis, with non-specific colitis potentially indicating undiagnosed IBD according to recent studies.
- - A retrospective study followed 24 patients (mostly females) with non-specific colitis who underwent multiple colonoscopies from 2009 to 2019, revealing common symptoms like abdominal pain and blood in stools, and diverse diagnoses in those who were retested.
- - The findings highlight that a significant percentage of male patients were later diagnosed with conditions like colon cancer and eosinophilic colitis, while a majority of female patients continued to present with
Background: Frequently, existing therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) do not achieve complete remission of the disease and are commonly associated with adverse effects. Therefore, patients regularly turn to complementary or alternative medicine (CAM). International CAM use in IBD patients ranges from 21% to 60%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Sleep disorders occur recurrently in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The relationship between poor sleep quality and IBD activity has been subject to scarce attention. Poor sleep quality could be considered a relevant extraintestinal manifestation and a potential marker of subclinical inflammation, which could increase the severity of inflammation and the risk of relapse, however, we do not have enough information to confirm this hypothesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects an estimated 1.6 million people in the United States with at least 70,000 new cases per year. In the last 15 years an increase in frequency of IBD cases from 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUlcerative colitis (UC) is a frequent type of inflammatory bowel disease, characterized by periods of remission and exacerbation. Gut dysbiosis may influence pathophysiology and clinical response in UC. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether gut microbiota is related to the active and remission phases of pancolitis in patients with UC as well as in healthy participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFecal calprotectin (FC) can be a valuable tool to optimize health care for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The objective of this observational study was to determine the level of knowledge of the FC test in Mexican patients with IBD. A self-report questionnaire was distributed via Facebook to patients with IBD.
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