Mehak Bassi, MD (She/her) Profile picture
Gastroenterology fellow @RutgersBHS @sphcs_news. Former chief resident @SPUHIMresidents. Med school @aiims_newdelhi. RT ≠ endorsements. #GItwitter
Jan 9, 2023 4 tweets 26 min read
@MarcelYibirin @MondayNightIBD @ifrahfatima @kzhuangmd @agoldowskymd @IBD_FloMD @IBD_Afzali @babudayyeh @BolandBrigid @amjohnsonMD @PopovVioleta @RobertoSimonsMD @LauraChiuMD @PDulaiMD @HealthyLivingGI @oridamas @kehutchins77 @ven_satyam @MichelleKimMD @Chris_Velez_MD @traceyg_md @khalili_MD @ingrid_hickman 5) 🎯Surgery in patients w #IBD & #Obesity
⬆️Surgical site infections, impaired wound healing, VTE
⬆️Technical difficulty for IBD-related ✂️
⬆️Difficulty creating ostomy + ⬆️complications (prolapse, retraction, hernia.)
⬆️Difficulty creating IPAA Image @MarcelYibirin @MondayNightIBD @ifrahfatima @kzhuangmd @agoldowskymd @IBD_FloMD @IBD_Afzali @babudayyeh @BolandBrigid @amjohnsonMD @PopovVioleta @RobertoSimonsMD @LauraChiuMD @PDulaiMD @HealthyLivingGI @oridamas @kehutchins77 @ven_satyam @MichelleKimMD @Chris_Velez_MD @traceyg_md @khalili_MD @ingrid_hickman @EdwardLoftus2 @ReemSharaiha @gutdoc18 @ThereziaR @CherylharrisRD @DBadurdeen @KellyHathornMD @GIdietitian 6) 🎯Obesity may play a role in the pathogenesis of #IBD
🔺Visceral fat contributes to⬆️systemic inflammatory burden
🔺Adipose tissue produces a repository of proinflammatory cytokines like TNF
🚫Effect on dis. distribution/phenotype
⚠️Weight loss may help control IBD activity
May 16, 2022 7 tweets 73 min read
@JosephHabibi_MD @MondayNightIBD @abbvie @JanssenUS @ferring @TakedaPharma @GI_Pearls @ARodriguezDO @dishasharma1994 @noorannemd @galagodoyb @KrystalMillsMD @yaransarkis @MazenAlmasry4 @MaryamK_Ibrahim @JBapaye @priya_abhy @CatherineWangMD @CCYANetwork @DushDahiya @Apichatka @SanjeevaniTomar @FnuVikash @EHolzwanger @RazzakFarah @ShimaghavimiMD @ZarrarKhanMD @Timothy_A_Zaki @mahirxqureshi @JassimranSingh9 @NickLe64 @TrieuMD @MahamHayatMD @ASyedMD @SheharyarW @DrFiyin @aileenbui @Wissam_Ghusn @AdvaniRashmiMD @DVinsard @WilechanskyMD @NSeth2021 @nelson1987 @ReezwanaCMD @AimenKhanMD @DrewfordMD @JHaydek @LDhaliwalMD @shaina_sekhri @IrisWangMD 7/ #Oral Pathologies
👄Oral lesions ⬆️> in CD patients, in children.
🫤Aphthous stomatitis and🦷periodontitis usually parallel intestinal disease activity
🧑‍⚕️Annual dentist checkups have been recommended. @JosephHabibi_MD @MondayNightIBD @abbvie @JanssenUS @ferring @TakedaPharma @GI_Pearls @ARodriguezDO @dishasharma1994 @noorannemd @galagodoyb @KrystalMillsMD @yaransarkis @MazenAlmasry4 @MaryamK_Ibrahim @JBapaye @priya_abhy @CatherineWangMD @CCYANetwork @DushDahiya @Apichatka @SanjeevaniTomar @FnuVikash @EHolzwanger @RazzakFarah @ShimaghavimiMD @ZarrarKhanMD @Timothy_A_Zaki @mahirxqureshi @JassimranSingh9 @NickLe64 @TrieuMD @MahamHayatMD @ASyedMD @SheharyarW @DrFiyin @aileenbui @Wissam_Ghusn @AdvaniRashmiMD @DVinsard @WilechanskyMD @NSeth2021 @nelson1987 @ReezwanaCMD @AimenKhanMD @DrewfordMD @JHaydek @LDhaliwalMD @shaina_sekhri @IrisWangMD 8/ A rare oral EIM of CD is the #OrofacialGranulomatosis or Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.

🔸 Swelling of lips +/- oral mucosa
🔸 Young males
🔸 Age 14 – 20 years
🔸 Bx: granulomas +
🔸 Usually respond to systemic IS Rx Image