About half of all people with Crohn’s disease have ileocolitis, the most common type. This type causes inflammation in the final section of your small intestine, known as the ileum, as well as ...

The two types of surgery performed on people with Crohn’s disease of the small bowel are: resection, which involves removing the scarred or blocked area of the intestine strictureplasty ...

Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It primarily affects the ileum, or the end section of your small intestine. It’s also commonly found in the first section of your ...

Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is ...

None of the participants had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal diseases ... had higher numbers of certain types of immune cells in their small intestine, and the cells showed signs of pro ...

Partially digested food arrives in the intestine from the stomach. Digested food is absorbed in the small intestine. This means that it passes through the wall of the small intestine and into the ...

Although diabetic gastroparesis is more common in people with type 1 diabetes ... stomach and keep what you eat from moving into the small intestine. Gastroparesis can make it hard to control ...

Guido Hooiveld’s proof-of-concept study, examining how the small-intestine microbiota influences ... healthy people and people with metabolic diseases, and whether these could be linked to ...

VCE is also a useful diagnostic tool in small bowel Crohn's disease, celiac disease, surveillance of polyps, small bowel malignancy and drug-induced small bowel injury. Although VCE is considered ...

Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), especially ... sufferers had higher numbers of certain types of immune cells in their small intestine, and the cells showed signs of pro-inflammatory ...