Abstract

PROBIOTICS: BOON OR A BANE IN CROHN’S DISEASE

Shivaprakash G. and Pallavi LC*

ABSTRACT

Crohn’s disease is one of the complex disease entity to treat. Though there are medication available for the therapy of this inflammatory bowel disease, few drugs are safe to be given on a longer run. There are hardly any studies and research work on probiotics which is presumed to have a role in the therapy of crohn’s disease. Hence, we sought to review the available scientific resources to know the status of probiotics in the treatment of crohn’s disease.

Keywords: Probiotics; Crohn’s disease; Inflammatory bowel disease.