Inflammatory bowel disease

Inflammatory bowel disease: Introduction

Inflammatory bowel disease: This medical term is used for both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two diseases in which the immune system attacks the gut (intestine). ... more about Inflammatory bowel disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease: Any type of digestive condition caused by bowel inflammation. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Inflammatory bowel disease is available below.

Symptoms of Inflammatory bowel disease

• Diarrhea
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal cramps
• Abdominal pain
• more symptoms...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

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• Digestive-Related Home Testing:
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• more tests...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Inflammatory bowel disease

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Inflammatory bowel disease?

• Misdiagnosis of Inflammatory bowel disease
• Hidden causes of Inflammatory bowel disease (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Inflammatory bowel disease: Medical Mistakes

• Crohn's Disease -- Health Mistakes
• Ulcerative Colitis -- Health Mistakes
• Celiac Disease -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

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Inflammatory bowel disease: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Inflammatory bowel disease

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called ...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's ...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known...read more »

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Inflammatory bowel disease: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Inflammatory bowel disease

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Inflammatory bowel disease:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
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• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Inflammatory bowel disease: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Inflammatory bowel disease

• Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
• Glycogenosis type 1b
• Ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease
• Chronic granulomatous disease
• more causes...»

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• Inflammatory bowel disease as a complication caused by other conditions
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Latest Treatments for Inflammatory bowel disease

• Normal saline
• Nasogastric suction
• Broad spectrum antibiotics
• Surgical treatment
• Aminosalicylate
• more treatments...»

See full list of 17 latest treatments for Inflammatory bowel disease

News Archives for Inflammatory bowel disease

Medical news articles related to Inflammatory bowel disease include:

• IBD, Liver Disease Patients Show Vitamin D Deficits
• Gut Bacteria Fights Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Share Some Genetic Risk Factors
• Bowel Prep Harder on Women Than Men
• Scientists ID 2 New Genes for Bowel Disease in Kids
• Scientists ID New Genetic Markers for Bowel Disease
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Inflammatory bowel disease

Medical research articles related to Inflammatory bowel disease include:

• Omega 3 fatty acids (fish oil) for maintenance of remission in Crohn's disease
• Risk of cervical abnormalities in women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based nested case-control study
• Quality care - service standards for the healthcare of people who have Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD
• Systematic review: does concurrent therapy with 5-ASA and immunomodulators in inflammatory bowel disease improve outcomes?
• Interventions for treating collagenous colitis
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Inflammatory bowel disease

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Clinical Trials for Inflammatory bowel disease

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Inflammatory bowel disease include:

• Immune Regulation in Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• MICI-CMV:Valganciclovir in Recurrent Bouts of Cryptogenic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases With an Infection by Cytomegalovirus - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - ganciclovir
• Humanized Anti-IL-2 Receptor Monoclonal Antibody in Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Daclizumab
• The Influence of 5Aminosalicylates on Thiopurine Metabolite Levels - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - 5-aminosalicylate (Pentasa, Ferring)
• NICE: Nolpitantium Besylate In Patients With Ulcerative Colitis a Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Efficacy and Safety Study - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Nolpitantium besylate
• more trials...»

See full list of 194 Clinical Trials for Inflammatory bowel disease

Statistics for Inflammatory bowel disease

• Medical statistics for Inflammatory bowel disease
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• Death and Mortality statistics for Inflammatory bowel disease
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Inflammatory bowel disease: Broader Related Topics

• Digestive Diseases
• Chronic digestive diseases
• Intestinal Conditions
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• more types...»

Types of Inflammatory bowel disease

Types of Inflammatory bowel disease

• Crohn's disease
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Celiac disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Stomach ulcers
• more types...»

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Curable Types of Inflammatory bowel disease

Possibly curable types of Inflammatory bowel disease include:

• Early detected ulcerative colitis
• Proctitis
• Left sided colitis
• Early onset Crohn's disease
• more types...»

Rare Types of Inflammatory bowel disease:

Rare types of Inflammatory bowel disease include:

• Celiac disease associated ulcerative colitis
• Dermatitis hepetiformis associated ulcerative colitis
• Systemic and discoid lupus associated ulcerative colitis
• Rheumatoid arthritis associated ulcerative colitis
• Ankylosing spondylitis associated ulcerative colitis
• Scleroderma associated ulcerative colitis
• Sjogren's disease associated ulcerative colitis
• more types...»

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Article Excerpts about Inflammatory bowel disease

This medical term is used for both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, two diseases in which the immune system attacks the gut (intestine). Patients may have diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and pain that can be difficult to control. Illness in afflicted individuals can result from intestinal inflammation and from side effects of the drugs used for the disease. (Source: excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID)

Definitions of Inflammatory bowel disease:

Representing a spectrum of small and large bowel inflammatory diseases of unknown etiology. It includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and colitis of indeterminate type. --2003 - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of the colon - (Source - WordNet 2.1)