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If you live with Crohn’s disease, you’re already familiar with the incessant fatigue, abdominal pain, and diarrhea that comes along with a Crohn’s diagnosis. Crohn’s is an autoimmune ...
In this Healio video exclusive, Miguel Regueiro, MD, shares highlights from his presentation at the GUILD Conference, where he discussed the importance of early, multimodal intervention in ...
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes chronic inflammation at any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and impacts more than half a million people in the United States.
“The patient is fully awake and can tell me where it hurts. I can talk them through what I’m doing, and the results are immediate. It’s much less invasive, and my patients love it.” IBD, which ...
Presence of perianal lesions, meanwhile, more than tripled the odds of PFCs (OR 3.86, 95% CI 1.58-9.42, P=0.003), Adler reported at the Crohn's & Colitis Congress. The incidence of perianal ...
Meeting Coverage > AIBD Substantial Variation Seen in Ileosigmoid Fistula Management in Crohn’s Disease — Researchers call for evidence-based guidance, but expert advocates for surgeon's choice ...
Crohn's disease doesn't cause AS and AS doesn't cause Crohn's disease, but sometimes people get both diseases. Experts think the two conditions have similar causes.
A breakdown of Crohn’s disease, its symptoms, causes, and long-term impact on health. Explore the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and complications.
Smoking kicks Crohn’s disease activity into overdrive and makes the disease progress faster. Not only does smoking increase the odds that you’ll need surgery, it also makes flares more frequent.
Crohn’s is not the only disease in which certain mouth bacteria are implicated. For instance, researchers have shown that two toxic chemicals produced by the oral bacteria Porphyromonas ...
Crohn’s disease, a debilitating inflammatory bowel disease, has many known contributing factors, including bacterial changes in the microbiome that foster an inflammatory environment. Now, for ...
Currently there are less than two dozen gastroenterologists in the U.S. trained to use intestinal ultrasound for IBD in adults, said Chugh. “I’m grateful that Uma (Mahadevan, M.D.), who leads the UCSF ...