ulcerative colitis Tag

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic lifelong condition that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.  IBD includes Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.  There are approximately 1.6 million people in the United States with IBD and 80,000 or more of them are under the age...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a condition that causes chronic inflammation of the intestines. For reasons that are not yet clearly understood, the child’s immune system becomes abnormally active against his or her own intestines. Researchers aren’t sure what causes this, but IBD seems to...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in which the lining of the large intestine (colon) becomes inflamed and ulcers develop, which produce mucus and pus. UC occurs when the body's immune system mistakes food and other necessary materials in the intestine for...