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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term mainly used to describe two conditions, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
Articles for Inflammatory bowel disease
Introduction
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not a single disease. IBD is a term mainly used to describe two conditions, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
IBD is not the same as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) , which is a common condition that causes symptoms such as: constipation diarrhoea abdominal pain
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Crohn's and Colitis UK: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Core: About Crohn's disease (PDF, 795kb) Core: About ulcerative colitis? (PDF, 1.25Mb)
What are the symptoms?
The main symptoms of ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease are similar. They include: pain, swelling or cramping in the tummy recurring or bloody diarrhoea weight loss extreme tiredness Not ev
