[Hormonal changes in inflammatory bowel disease]

Vnitr Lek. 2015 Dec;61(12 Suppl 5):5S35-9.
[Article in Slovak]

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease is often accompanied by extraintestinal manifestations due to a common autoimmune etiopathogenesis, chronic systemic inflammation, frequent nutrition deficits, and the treatment. Endocrine system changes belong to manifestations too. Interaction is mutual, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis cause functional and morphological changes of endocrine tissues. On the other hand the endocrine disorders negatively influence the course of bowel disease. In the article we analyze correlation of IBD with gonadal hormone production and fertility, with adrenal function, with the function and morphology of the thyroid, with growth hormone production and growth disorders in children, and with bone mineral density reduction. This topic is not studied enough and needs more analysis and clarification.

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / metabolism*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / metabolism*
  • Crohn Disease / metabolism*
  • Fertility
  • Gonadal Hormones / metabolism*
  • Human Growth Hormone / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / metabolism
  • Thyroid Hormones / metabolism*

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Gonadal Hormones
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Human Growth Hormone