Sunday, May 26, 2013

Introduction

At a Glance

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. 

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What is IBD?

Inflammatory Bowel Disease encompasses two different autoimmune diseases, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease…

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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…

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Symptoms

Both forms of IBD (Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease) have similar symptoms.  Patients will experience varying degrees of diarrhea, rectal bleeding, constipation,…

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Clostridium Difficile, or C-Diff as it is more commonly known is a bacteria that when allowed to grow and flourish in the gut can cause mild to severe symptoms. Mild symptoms of C-Diff infection include: 3-4 watery diarrhea bowel movements per day…