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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

UKNOW’s Docs Diagnosis Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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What Do Teens Need to Know About IBD? Let’s talk basics. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic, lifelong disease that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The two main types of IBD are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Your GI tract is responsible for digestion of food, absorption of nutrients, and elimination of waste from your body. The GI tract starts with your mouth and continues down your throat into your esophagus, and through your stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and rectum, ending with your anus. Inflammation caused by IBD makes the affected GI organs work improperly. Information taken from https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/youth-parent-resources/teens ;null
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