Routine Health Maintenance for People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Routine health maintenance for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is very important. IBD consists of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, which are chronic inflammatory diseases of the digestive tract. Read more about IBD here. IBD is thought to be an autoimmune disease.…
Ulcerative Colitis: The Basics Ulcerative Colitis is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or IBD. The other form of IBD is called Crohn’s Disease, which you can read about here. Read more about IBD in general here, and remember that IBD is very different from IBS, which stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which you…
Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) consists of Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. IBD is very different from IBS, which stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which you can read about here. These are chronic inflammatory conditions, meaning they are characterized by episodes of symptoms, alternating with episodes of feeling fine.…
Not Sure If You Have IBS or IBD? It’s Worth Finding Out Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are inflammatory diseases of the bowel (IBD, for Inflammatory Bowel Disease). There’s a lot of confusion out there (among the general public but also among doctors) about what IBD is. Though IBD and IBS (which stands…
