The Impact of the Intrinsic Stress Factor on the Intestinal Microbiome in the COVID Era

Abstract

This article aims to present the close interaction between environmental factors, respectively in this case the stress in the family context, accentuated more especially in the pandemic period and the appearance of an autoimmune pathology. A strong emotional stress, as well as the anxiety that accompanies it can disrupt homeostasis and thus favor an exacerbation of the inflammatory process in the intestine and an imbalance of the intestinal microbiota, thus creating a vicious circle that can result, in this case, in -an inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis.