An Elemental Diet is Effective in the Management of Diversion Colitis
Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench,
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26 January 2021
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.v14i1.2033
Abstract
The use of an elemental diet in the management of inflammatory gastroenterological diseases has long been accepted as standard management and has shown to both induce and maintain remission in Crohn’s disease, but the evidence for its use in diversion colitis is lacking. An elemental diet is one which provides all the required nutrition in a more easily absorbed and hypoallergenic form. In this case report, we present a patient who had a flare of diversion colitis treated with diet alone. She had a significant improvement in her symptoms with a decrease in bowel motions, rectal discharge and pain. This case suggests that there may be some role for the use of an elemental in the management of diversion colitis. We also look at some of the potential mechanisms which may lead to the benefit observed.
- Elemental diet
- diversion colitis
- Crohn’s disease
- ileostomy
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