Introduction
Inflammatory Bowel Disease covers two different auto immune diseases, Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease, which cause inflammation of different parts of the digestive tract.
What is IBD?
Inflammatory Bowel Disease encompasses two different autoimmune diseases, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease…
Risk Factors
About 2 million Americans suffer from some form of IBD. IBD tends to be genetic and Crohn's Disease affects women more than men. Both forms of IBD are most often…
Symptoms
Both forms of IBD (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease) have similar symptoms. Patients will experience varying degrees of diarrhea, rectal bleeding, constipation,…
Hot Topics
There are many people who confuse Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). In actuality, they are very different. IBS is a functional disorder of the intestines, in which structurally, there is no pathology. The…
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