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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

About Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic condition causing inflammation of the digestive tract, primarily including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. It leads to abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and malnutrition. While its exact cause is unknown, IBD often requires long-term medical management, lifestyle adjustments, and, in severe cases, surgical intervention

Types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease primarily includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, both causing chronic digestive tract inflammation, leading to pain, diarrhea, fatigue, and nutritional deficiencies over time

Causes Requiring Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease is needed when severe complications like strictures, fistulas, bleeding, perforations, or cancer risk occur, and medical treatments fail to control symptoms effectively

Severe Intestinal Blockage

Chronic Intestinal Bleeding

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Inflammatory bowel disease surgery is often required to remove damaged sections, relieve symptoms, prevent complications, and improve overall digestive health.

IBD is a chronic condition causing digestive tract inflammation, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, leading to pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and nutritional deficiencies.

The exact cause is unknown. It may involve immune system overactivity, genetic predisposition, environmental triggers, and lifestyle factors, resulting in chronic gastrointestinal inflammation and discomfort

Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, bloating, and blood in stools. Symptoms may flare up periodically and require ongoing medical management

Diagnosis involves medical history, physical examination, blood tests, stool analysis, colonoscopy, endoscopy, and imaging studies to confirm inflammation and rule out other digestive disorders

There is no permanent cure for IBD. Treatment focuses on controlling symptoms, reducing inflammation, preventing complications, and improving quality of life through medications or surgery