What is IBD?
Crohn's Disease, also called regional enteritis is a chronic inflammation of the intestine and a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Generally, Crohn's Disease only affects the terminal portion of the small intestine, the ileum; but can occur in other parts of the gastrointestinal tract including the anus, stomach, esophagus or the mouth.
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Welcome to my Bog Blog. "Bog," by the way, is British slang for toilet and it seems so appropriate for an IBD blog. If you had told me when I was twenty years-old that some day not too far in the future I would be scoping out the nearest toilet wherever I went I would have said you were nuts. But, indeed, this odd habit became part of my…
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Elizabeth Roberts, Health Guide, answered IBD: why low serum albumin is… Hi Raselli, I'm sorry to say I have no idea of the answer to your…
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