Factors Associated With Chronic De Novo Post-Coronavirus Disease Gastrointestinal Disorders in a Metropolitan US County

Christopher Vélez; Mary Paz; Casey Silvernale; Lawrence W Stratton; Braden Kuo; Kyle Staller; Suffolk County COVID-19 Gastrointestinal Symptom Assessment

doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2021.10.020

Factors Associated With Chronic De Novo Post-Coronavirus Disease Gastrointestinal Disorders in a Metropolitan US County

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jun;20(6):e1488-e1492. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2021.10.020. Epub 2021 Oct 21.

Authors

Christopher Vélez¹, Mary Paz², Casey Silvernale², Lawrence W Stratton³, Braden Kuo², Kyle Staller²; Suffolk County COVID-19 Gastrointestinal Symptom Assessment

Collaborators

Suffolk County COVID-19 Gastrointestinal Symptom Assessment:
Esteban Barreto, Josselyn Vergara Cobos, Kelly L Buchanan, Taylor Boyd, Anshuman C Desai, Shreya Chablaney, Ingrid Guerrero López, Joseph R Betancourt

Affiliations

¹ Center for Neurointestinal Health, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: cvelez@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Center for Neurointestinal Health, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

The first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surge harshly impacted the medically underserved populations of the urbanized northeastern United States. SARS-CoV-2 virions infect the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and GI symptoms are common during acute infection.¹ Post-COVID syndromes increasingly are recognized as important public health considerations.² Postinfectious disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs; formerly known as functional gastrointestinal disorders) can occur after enteric illness; the COVID-19 pandemic is anticipated to provoke DGBI development³ within a rapidly evolving post-COVID framework of illness. Here, we evaluate factors associated with DGBI-like post-COVID gastrointestinal disorders (PCGIDs) in our hospital's surrounding communities comprised predominantly of racial/ethnic minorities and those of reduced socioeconomic status.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Digestive System Diseases*
Gastrointestinal Diseases* / epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases* / etiology
Humans
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2