Inflammatory bowel disease and pregnancy

Upalne bolesti crijeva često zahvaćaju žene generativne dobi. Često se postavlja pitanje utjecaja trudnoće na prirodni tijek bolesti, utjecaja same bolesti na tijek i ishod trudnoće te sigurnosti primjene lijekova u trudnoći. Žene s upalnom bolesti crijeva u pravilu mogu očekivati normalan tijek trudnoće te rađanje zdravog novorođenčeta. Aktivnost bolesti prilikom koncepcije najvažniji je čimbenik koji utječe na tijek i ishod trudnoće. Terapija koja se uobičajeno koristi za liječenje upalnih bolesti crijeva sigurna je za primjenu u trudnoći. Na temelju prikaza slučaja bolesnice s prvom manifestacijom ulceroznog kolitisa u trudnoći prikazati ćemo utjecaj bolesti na tijek i ishod trudnoće, utjecaj trudnoće na prirodni tijek bolesti te sigurnost primjene lijekova za liječenje upalnih bolesti crijeva u trudnoći.Inflammatory bowel diseases often affect women during their reproductive age. The questions regarding the effect of pregnancy on the natural course of inflammatory bowel disease, effect of inflammatory bowel disease on the course and outcome of pregnancy and safety of medications used to treat inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy arise quite often. In general, women with inflammatory bowel disease can expect to have a normal pregnancy with delivery of a healthy newborn. The most important factor influencing the effect of disease on the course of pregnancy is disease activity at conception. Medications routinely used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases can be used safely during pregnancy. Acase of first presentation of ulcerative colitis in pregnancy is presented with review of disease course during pregnancy, influence of disease on pregnancy course and outcome and safety of medications used to treat inflammatory bowel diseases during pregnancy

Where extremes meet: Sport, nationalism and secessionism in Catalonia and Scotland

In this essay, we trace the symbolic conundrums of belonging, and of the reconciliation of identities, in the context of Catalan and Scottish sport and politics. Our discussion will commence with a necessarily concise consideration of past academic contentions regarding the national ‘psyches’ which have been argued to shape contemporary notions of identity and politics in Catalonia and Scotland, before turning our attention to the specific role of sport vis-à-vis these ‘psyches’ and the growing clamour for greater political autonomy for each of these stateless nations. Based on evidence drawn from the interaction between sport and politics in the two nations, we argue that secessionism is a liminal field of transformation as it includes what is seen as mutually exclusive sets of relationships (Catalans vs. Spaniards; Scottish vs. British, secessionists vs. unionists/centralists), which at the same time allows subjects to pass from one state to another and occupy them non-exclusively