Abstract :
ABSTRACT
Many of scientific evidence suggest that physical exercise has beneficial effects by increase aerobic capacity,
prevents the progression of disability, reduces the risk factors of cardiovascular and endocrine disease, improves
gastrointestinal function, lessen anxiety and depression, and results in promote health. However, the effect
of exercise on gastrointestinal tract also has an adverse effect. Ischemic colitis is one of these. With the increasing
popularity of endurance competition among the population, gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are very common,
especially in endurance athletes and often impaired performance or subsequent recovery. The symptoms may include
nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Because of blood flow to gastrointestinal tracts is
reduced during an exercise and this is believed to the process of development of GI symptoms. In generally, ischemic
colitis, after vigorous physical exercise, is reversible or irreversible depend on the onset of ischemic occur
but it can indeed be serious and life threatening. The case we present in this paper highlight on how exercise
inducing ischemic colitis and the other conceivable factor. This review is focus on the prevalence of colitis in
athletes, pathophysiology and the treatments of colitis. However, the all clear mechanism of the pathology and the
actual prevalence need still further investigate.
Key words : Exercise, ischemic colitis, athletes, splanchnic hypoperfusion |
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