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Inflammatory bowel disease - Forms | | Inflammatory bowel disease - Forms: Encyclopedia II - Inflammatory bowel disease - Forms | | Main forms of IBD:
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis (UC)
The main difference between the two is the location and nature of the inflammatory changes in the gut. Crohn's can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, from mouth to anus (skip lesions), although a majority of the cases start in the terminal ileum. Ulcerative colitis, in contrast, is restricted to the colon, and spares the anus.
Microscopically, ulcerative colitis is restricted to the mucosa (epithelial lining of the gut), ...
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| | | Inflammatory bowel disease: Encyclopedia II - Inflammatory bowel disease - Forms
Inflammatory bowel disease - Forms
Main forms of IBD:
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis (UC)
The main difference between the two is the location and nature of the inflammatory changes in the gut. Crohn's can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract, from mouth to anus (skip lesions), although a majority of the cases start in the terminal ileum. Ulcerative colitis, in contrast, is restricted to the colon, and spares the anus.
Microscopically, ulcerative colitis is restricted to the mucosa (epithelial lining of the gut), while Crohn's disease affects the whole bowel wall.
Finally, Crohn's disease and UC present with extra-intestinal manifestations (such as liver problems, arthritis, skin manifestations and eye problems) in different proportions.
There have been some rare cases in which a patient has been diagnosed with a combination of both Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis, though whether it is a combination or simply unidentifiable as one or another is uncertain.
Other related archivesCrohn's disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Microscopically, Ulcerative colitis, allergies, anus, arthritis, azathioprine, biopsy, bowel perforation, colon, colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, colostomy, diarrhea, epithelial lining, gastrointestinal tract, helminthic therapy, hematochezia, hygiene hypothesis, ileostomy, ileum, immune system, immunosuppression, inflammatory, large intestine, medicine, mesalazine, methotrexate, mouth, mucosa, parasites, primary sclerosing cholangitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, roundworm, small intestine, steroid-sparing agents, steroids, surgery, toxic megacolon, vomiting, weight loss
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