What is Crohn's disease?
Question: What is Crohn's disease? Answer: Crohn's disease is a serious inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It predominates in the intestine (ileum) and the large intesti ...
- my ulcerated colitis is back after surgery!
Question: I have a question. My son, 22, had ulcerated colitis and had the entire lg colon removed and the dr said that the ulcerated colitis was cured. Today after have stomach pains for some ...
- Anxiety and IBS: I was wondering if anyone else has IBS and how you deal with having an anxiety attack?
Question: IBS is what really started my agoraphobia and IBS is hindering my recovery. I was wondering if anyone else has IBS and how you deal with getting out and having an episode hit. How woul ...
- Has Any one here sufferred from IBS?Is it sides effects of Atkins Diet? How to deal with it?
Question: WHEN I GO ON THE ATKINS DIET, I SEEM TO SUFFER FROM IBS(IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME) , IS THIS NORMAL, DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? IF SO, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT? I FEEL ...
- Has anyone dealt with equine Crohn's disease?
Question: Has anyone dealt with equine Crohn's disease? If yes, any info on treatment, care, feeding.. Answer: are you sure it was Crohn's and not celiac disease? Usually wheat free only work ...
- Crohn’s and other bowel diseases?
Question: Is it true that the use of fridges in the 20th century have increased the prevalence of crohn’s, and other bowel diseases? Answer: Somewhat interesting, if not such a theory full of hol ...
- I have endometriosis and IBS
Question: I have had endometriosis (dx anyway) for 20 years and have had to have laser laproscopys done every five years or so to clear it all away; and since I've been sick with the Fibro & Lupu ...
- Short Bowel Syndrome
Question: I've posted a message similar to this on the Crohn's and Colitis board, so please pardon the duplication if you happen to read both. Nearly two years ago I had the second operation for ...
- Treatment for equine Crohn's disease?
Question: Treatment for equine Crohn's disease? Answer: I'm very curious about this, too. I didn't know horses could get a form of Crohn's. I am a celiac and have met a few people with Crohn's ...
- What is the healhy colon diet I should follow?
Question: A friend of mine has just had a bowel resection to remove a cancerous tumour in his bowel. 12 inches up from the rectum. The surgeon also found some on the pelvis but was unable to re ...
- I seem to cycle between constipation and bouts of very frequent bowel movements
Question: After years of IBS and GERD which were reasonably well regulated with Lactulose and Prevacid, everything has gotten worse and I can't work around it anymore. The GERD is more persisten ...
- Mucus in Bowel - could this be endometriosis?
Question: I thought that mucus meant that the intestines were irritated for whatever reason. I too, have the mucus; not all the time, some of the time. Also, I was diagnosed with IBS a few years ...
- Do the symptoms of IBS include constipation?
Question: Do the symptoms of IBS include constipation? Answer: There are basically two forms of IBS. One form produces diarrhea and the other constipation (IBS-D = diarrheal form, IBS-C = const ...
- Has anyone else experienced aggravation of Crohn's symptoms while on Entocort?
Question: A colonscopy last week found that my Crohn's is actually still active (which would explain a lot of the symptoms I felt in the last two months). I started Entocort yesterday (9mg) and ...
- I was just diagnosed with Ischemic Colitis - Does anyone have any knowledge or familiarity with this form of colitis?
Question: I was just diagnosed with Ischemic Colitis, Doctor didn't tell me much, says I will have good days and bad, there is nothing he can do, only surgery. Does anyone have any knowledge or ...
- Spastic Colitis Question
Question: My doc said he feels we are dealing with spastic colitis in my case. He didn't give me a lot of info on it except to say it hurts a lot...hahaha...like I didn't know this. He says onc ...
- IBS pain
Question: After reading the post about pain on the left side, I figured maybe it was time to ask a question also. Does IBS cause a pain about an inch or two to the left side of the belly button? ...
- My question doesn't have to do with a ostomy but rather the cause of my ostomy: a bowel perforation
Question: My question doesn't have to do with an ostomy but rather the cause of my ostomy: a bowel perforation. If anyone has had one of these I would be VERY interested in sharing information b ...
- My girlfriend has very active upper bowel crohn's
Question: I've been very curious about use of bovine colostrum (and studies on human lactoferrin) for crohn's and IBD. Has anyone had any experiences with this? My girlfriend has very active upp ...
- Occasional small streaks of blood noted in stool, occasional diarrhea
Question: I'm a 28 year old male. Hispanic. I've had chronic pain,(left sided abdominal pain that radiates up to my left chest, just under my left nipple area), its going on around 6 years now.. ...