Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)—an umbrella term for Crohn’s Disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)—refers to dysregulation of immune-mediated inflammatory responses of the alimen...
CD: chronic diarrhea with or without gross bleeding, crampy abdominal pain, steatorrhea, fatigue, malabsorption and weight loss. Upper GI symptoms may include mouth or gum pain from u...
Treatments are chosen based on patient-specific risk factors, clinical disease severity, risk of complications, and treatment setting (outpatient vs inpatient).
Clinical disease severity—Croh...
Ananthakrishnan AN, Nguyen GC, Bernstein CN. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Elderly PATIENTS: Expert Review. Gastro...
K51 Ulcerative colitis
K50.918 Crohn’s disease, unspecified, with other complications
K50.919 Crohn’s disease, unspecified, with unspecified complications
K51.8 Other ulcerative colitis
K50.01 ...
History can usually differentiate between UC and CD; ileocolonoscopy with biopsy is required for diagnosis, to assess disease burden, and to help guide therapy.
Symptoms of diarrhea in ...
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