what is IBD?
Thank you for writing Ken.
"IBD" is inflammatory bowel disease, which includes two related gastrointestinal diseases, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
You can read "The Basics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" here:
http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/basics.html
and, many other articles and features related to IBD from our Inflammatory Bowel Disease
home page: http://www.healthcentral.com/ibd/
Hope
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