Inflammatory Bowel Disease Flashcards
Abdominal pain and peri-anal disease?
Crohns
Diarrhoea and bleeding?
UC
What does NOD2/CARD15 (1BD-1) genes do?
Encodes a protein involved in bacterial recognition
In the innate immunity of the bowel, what do tight junction regulate?
Epithelial permeability
In innate immunity, what protects the epithelial cell layer in the bowel?
Hydrophobic mucus
In innate immunity of the bowel, what can be activated constitutively or in response to bacterial components?
Defensins (cationic anti-microbial peptides)
What gene contributes to normal mucosal defences in innate immunity of bowel?
NOD2
What two factors can lead to maladaptive responses of the adaptive immune system?
- Overactive effector T cells = inflammation and disease
2. Absence of regulatory T cells = uncontrolled inflammation/aggressive disease
What is a Th1 mediated disease?
Crohns
What is a mixed Th1/Th2 mediated disease/NKTC?
UC
What disease has reduced antimicrobial activity?
Crohns
What disease is aggravated by smoking and what disease protects against it?
Crohns is aggravated
UC its protective in
Other than smoking, what is another environmental factor for IBD?
NSAIDs
What age group is peak incidence for UC?
20-30
What area of the colon does UC affect?
Affects rectum extending proximally
What are increased bowel frequency, urgency, tenesmus, incontinence, night rising, lower abdominal pain and sometimes constipation all suggest?
UC
What is classed as severe UC?
> 6 bloody stools/24 hours + 1 or more of: fever, tachycardia, anaemia Hb30
What two blood test features are important in UC?
CRP and albumin
What three investigations can be used to help diagnose UC?
- Plain AXR
- Endoscopy
- Histology
On a plain AXR, what three features suggest UC?
- Absent stool distribution in inflamed colon
- Mucosal oedema/thumb printing
- Toxic megacolon (transverse>5.5cm and Caecum>9cm)
What can confluent inflammation extending proximally from anal margin to transition zone, loss of vessel pattern, granular mucosa and contact bleeding all be found on in UC?
Endoscopy
Which condition affects the mucosal layer only?
UC
What two histological features are found in UC?
Absence of goblet cells
Crypt distortion and abscess
What is a long term increased risk for UC patients?
Colorectal cancer
What are two conditions found on skin in UC?
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
2. Erythema nodosum
What are 3 joint conditions found with UC?
- Spondylitis
- Sacroillitis
- Peripheral arthritis
What two conditions of the biliary tract relate to UC?
Gall stones
Primary Slerosing cholangitis
What condition in the liver is related to UC?
Steatosis/cirrhosis
What two conditions in the mouth relate to UC?
Stomatitis
Apthous ulcers
Name 1 eye condition found with UC?
Uveitis
What is the mean diagnosis age for Crohns?
27
Where can Crohns affect?
Any region of GI tract from mouth to anus
What are skip lesions and transmural inflammation found in?
Crohns disease
Where is the most common area for Crohsn?
Terminal ileum
What type of disease is associated with Crohns?
Perianal