Do Shared Exposures Link the Lungs and Gut? Association Between Asthma and Inflammatory  Bowel Disease

Immune-mediated, inflammatory conditions of the gut (eg, inflammatory bowel disease [IBD]) and the lungs (eg, asthma) may be driven by common factors including the interplay between genetic risk factors and environmental exposures that impact the microbiome.1 –4 The increasing incidence of these immune-mediated conditions in recent years has been attributed frequently to the hygiene hypothesis,5 which postulates that IBD, asthma, and related immune-mediated conditions are results of improved sanitation including clean water, decreased family size, and improved living conditions.
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research