Overview
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis causing chronic diarrhea, pain, bleeding and weight loss.
Symptoms
Symptoms vary by patient and may include pain, bloating, vomiting, bowel habit changes, bleeding, jaundice or weight loss.
Causes
Causes may include infection, inflammation, lifestyle factors, autoimmune disease, gallstones, metabolic disease or structural abnormalities.
Prevention
Long-term specialist follow-up and monitoring reduce complications.