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Most cases of IBD are diagnosed in people 30 or younger and IBD has become one of the most significant chronic illnesses to affect children and young adults. About 10 percent of patients diagnosed with IBD are under 18 years old.
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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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Jennifer Rackley, Health Guide, posted CDHNF's Webcast for Families Affected… Yesterday I had the privilege of listening in on the Children's Digestive…
Jennifer Rackley, Health Guide, posted Children with IBD: Part I When your child is dealing with a condition such as IBD it can be extremely stressful. Though…
Tracy Davenport, Ph.D., Health Guide, posted Pregnancy and IBD Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 …
Tracy Davenport, Ph.D., Health Guide, posted Summer Camps for Children and Teens… Inflammatory bowel disease often appears for the first time in childhood or…
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