May artificial sweeteners not sugar be the culprit of dramatic increase of inflammatory bowel disease in China？  

作　　者：Qin xiaofa 

机构地区：[1]GI Biopharma Inc., 918 Willow Grove Road, Westfield, NJ 07090, USA

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2014年第17期3196-3197,共2页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：As we know, inflammatory bowel disease （IBD） is ,typically used as a general term for ulcerative colitis （UC） and Crohn＇s disease （CD）, two highly related debilitating diseases of the digestive tract with similar clinical, pathological, and epidemiological features. Both UC and CD are most prevalent in young adults and still incurable. The patients usually depend on constant heavy medication and frequently need multiple devastating surgeries such as bowel resection, proctocolectomy, ileostomy, and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.As we know, inflammatory bowel disease （IBD） is ,typically used as a general term for ulcerative colitis （UC） and Crohn＇s disease （CD）, two highly related debilitating diseases of the digestive tract with similar clinical, pathological, and epidemiological features. Both UC and CD are most prevalent in young adults and still incurable. The patients usually depend on constant heavy medication and frequently need multiple devastating surgeries such as bowel resection, proctocolectomy, ileostomy, and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.

关 键 词：inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis Crohn＇s disease CAUSE SUGAR artificial sweeteners 

分 类 号：R574[医药卫生—消化系统]