Inflammatory bowel disease, also called Crohn's disease, is a serious gastrointestinal condition that causes symptoms such as vomiting, weight loss and abdominal pain. Learn more about Crohn's disease as well as how it occurs in the body, and discover common clinical signs, symptoms and ...
Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease affecting the mucosa layer of the intestines. Learn about ulcerative colitis, including its clinical signs, symptoms, diagnostics, and treatment, as well as the difference between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. ...
Background and Aim This study analyzed inflammatory bowel disease activity for 2 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Methods We compared the relapse rates of patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease 1 and 2 years after the earthquake with rates immediately after the earthquake....
This Clinical Policy Bulletin addresses serologic markers and pharmacogenomic and metabolic assessment of thiopurine therapy for inflammatory bowel disease. Medical Necessity Aetna considers the following tests medically necessary: TPMT gene mutation or TPMT phenotypic assays (e.g., Prometheus TPMT Genetics,...
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. IBD is characterized by relapsing and remitting disease courses and causes an undesirable living quality in patients [1]. Meanwhile, the incidence and pr...
Clinical Focus Inflammatory Bowel Disease Laboratory Support of Diagnosis and Management CLINICAL BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is characterized by chronic inflammation at various sites of the digestive tract lining. IBD is...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease of unknown etiology which mostly involves the intestine and requires a personalized approach for treatment. IBD represents a heterogeneous group of patients with inherently variable disease courses. Hence, the heterogeneity of patient populations may ...
GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; Hp, Helicobacter pylori; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; UBT, urea breath test. (Adapted from BS Anand and DY Graham: Endoscopy 31:215, 1999.) Once an ulcer (GU or DU) is documented, the main issue at stake is whether H. pylori or an NSAID is inv...
2.1. Inflammatory bowel disease The intestines are not only the placement of nutrient intake and utilization, but also the congenital barrier of harmful substances such as pathogen and toxins from entering the body. Due to long-term exposure to the stimulation of pathogens and toxins, the intestine...
15 July2016 Sara Al-Ghadban1, Samira Kaissi1, Fadia R. Homaidan2, Hassan Y. Naim3 & Marwan E. El-Sabban1 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves functional impairment of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs), concomitant with the infiltration of the lamina propria by infla...