Everything starts in the gut | PZ – Pharmaceutical newspaper

A disturbed intestinal ecology is therefore associated with chronic inflammation and could be involved in the development of numerous diseases – not only those affecting the gastrointestinal tract, but also from diabetes and obesity to neurological diseases, allergies and respiratory diseases . »All we know for sure today is that the microbiome is changed in many diseases. But a causal relationship between disease and changes in the microbiome has only been proven with Clostridioides difficile and the associated antibiotic therapy,” says Professor Dr. Andreas Stallmach, Director of the Clinic for Internal Medicine at Jena University Hospital, in a current press release from the German Society for Gastroenterology, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (DGVS).