Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

Overview

IBD includes Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis: chronic immune-mediated bowel inflammation.

Symptoms

• •Bloody diarrhea
• •Abdominal pain
• •Weight loss
• •Fatigue

Stages

Diagnosis

• ✓Colonoscopy
• ✓Biopsy
• ✓Calprotectin
• ✓MRI/CT enterography

Treatments

• →5-ASA
• →Corticosteroids
• →Infliximab
• →Colectomy (UC)

Risk Factors