Chronic inflammation, whether from an irritated bowel disease, inflamed gums, or an autoimmune disease, weakens the arteries in both the heart and the head.

慢性炎症，无论是来自一种令人恼火的肠道疾病，牙炎，或自身免疫性疾病，削弱了在心脏和头部两者间的动脉。

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which affects as many as 1 million Americans, refers to two chronic diseases that cause inflammation of the intestines: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

影响着一百万多美国人的炎症性肠病，是指能引起肠部炎症的两种慢性病：克罗恩氏病和溃疡性结肠炎。

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Celiac patients develop an inflammation of the small bowel in reaction to gluten, whereas there is no specific known autoantigen for Crohn's disease.

乳糜泻的病人是由于对谷蛋白的反应而引起小肠炎症，然而目前还没有明确的自身抗原导致克罗恩病。

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The new drug consists of just the active portion of that drug to eliminate toxic side effects such as bowel inflammation.

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Pentosan, the drug involved, is not a new medication - it has been used previously in patients with bladder and bowel inflammation, but it has no current pharmaceutical licence in this country.

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Crohn's disease (also suspected of being caused by bacteria) is an inflammation of the bowel.

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