Document Type
Journal Article
School
School of Medical and Health Sciences
RAS ID
25765
Funders
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme of Ministry of Education of Malaysia (References: 203.PPSP.6171183 and 203.PPSP.6171192)
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Japan
Abstract
Background
After an environmental disaster, the affected community is at increased risk for persistent abdominal pain but mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, our study aimed to determine association between abdominal pain and poor water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) practices, and if small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and/or gut dysbiosis explain IBS, impaired quality of life (QOL), anxiety and/or depression after a major flood.
Results
New onset abdominal pain, IBS based on the Rome III criteria, WaSH practices, QOL, anxiety and/or depression, SIBO (hydrogen breath testing) and stools for metagenomic sequencing were assessed in flood victims. Of 211 participants, 37.9 % (n = 80) had abdominal pain and 17 % (n = 36) with IBS subtyped diarrhea and/or mixed type (n = 27 or 12.8 %) being the most common. Poor WaSH practices and impaired quality of life during flood were significantly associated with IBS. Using linear discriminant analysis effect size method, gut dysbiosis was observed in those with anxiety (Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria, effect size 4.8), abdominal pain (Fusobacteria, Staphylococcus, Megamonas and Plesiomonas, effect size 4.0) and IBS (Plesiomonas and Trabulsiella, effect size 3.0).
Conclusion
Disturbed gut microbiota because of environmentally-derived organisms may explain persistent abdominal pain and IBS after a major environmental disaster in the presence of poor WaSH practices.
DOI
10.1186/s13099-017-0224-7
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Comments
Yusof, N., Hamid, N., Ma, Z. F., Lawenko, R. M., Wan Mohammad, W. M. Z., Collins, D. A., . . . Lee, Y. Y. (2017). Exposure to environmental microbiota explains persistent abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome after a major flood. Gut Pathogens, 9, Article 75.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-017-0224-7