Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

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In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. It should not be confused with IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, which is an inconvenient yet more innocent disease. Forms The main forms of IBD are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC). Accounting for far fewer cases are other forms of IBD: Collagenous colitis Lymphocytic colitis Ischaemic colitis Diversion colitis Behçet's syndrome In ...