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We answer everyone's questions and provide support. You can even get answers to your questions totally anonymously!
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What is the Difference Between Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are both forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). While they are similar, there are several differences between them.
Crohn's Disease can affect anywhere along the digestive tract (from mouth to anus) but usually involves the small intestine (terminal ileum) and maybe the long intestine. Its appearance (as seen through a colonoscopy) is like cobblestone. The disease can also appear intermittently, with healthy portions areas surrounded by diseased portions. Pain is usually felt in the lower-right portion of the intestine.
Ulcerative Colitis almost always affects The rectum, and it may work its way up the body to affect the sigmon colon and any or all of the large intestine. Its appearance is making the colon appear to look thinner and it no patches of healthy intestine will be found within diseased portions. Pain will usually occur in the bottom left area of the intestines. There is also usually blood loss during a UC sufferer's bowel movements. This is one of the easiest ways that doctors use to make a quick guess of whether an individual has Crohn's or Colits (a colonoscopy and other tests can confirm this initial diagnosis).
Some people are never fully diagnosed as having Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, as it can not be determined which form of IBD they suffer from. Other people have Crohn's Colitis, which is Crohn's Disease that only affects the large intestine.
Crohn's Disease can affect anywhere along the digestive tract (from mouth to anus) but usually involves the small intestine (terminal ileum) and maybe the long intestine. Its appearance (as seen through a colonoscopy) is like cobblestone. The disease can also appear intermittently, with healthy portions areas surrounded by diseased portions. Pain is usually felt in the lower-right portion of the intestine.
Ulcerative Colitis almost always affects The rectum, and it may work its way up the body to affect the sigmon colon and any or all of the large intestine. Its appearance is making the colon appear to look thinner and it no patches of healthy intestine will be found within diseased portions. Pain will usually occur in the bottom left area of the intestines. There is also usually blood loss during a UC sufferer's bowel movements. This is one of the easiest ways that doctors use to make a quick guess of whether an individual has Crohn's or Colits (a colonoscopy and other tests can confirm this initial diagnosis).
Some people are never fully diagnosed as having Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis, as it can not be determined which form of IBD they suffer from. Other people have Crohn's Colitis, which is Crohn's Disease that only affects the large intestine.
What's new at Crohn's Forum
Well things are really picking up at The Crohn's Disease Forum. We are now above 16,346 threads, 256,600 posts and over 7,300 members! Our numbers continue to grow fast, and we always love having more members join our community.
A more recent feature we have added is the Crohn's Forum wiki on IBD, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Here you will find information on many different topics. Members are free to add or edit these comments to provide even more informatin to the world. This is a great resource that gets better and grows each and every day!
In the past the forum has donated over $1000 as a website to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC).
We are constantly working to improve the forum and it's features, so please stop by and see what the benefits of membership will get you!
A more recent feature we have added is the Crohn's Forum wiki on IBD, Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Here you will find information on many different topics. Members are free to add or edit these comments to provide even more informatin to the world. This is a great resource that gets better and grows each and every day!
In the past the forum has donated over $1000 as a website to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC).
We are constantly working to improve the forum and it's features, so please stop by and see what the benefits of membership will get you!
What's being discussed on the Crohn's Forum?
Some of the newest discussion topics at Crohn's Forum are:
These are links to some of the newest threads at The Crohn's Disease Forum relating to Food and Diet for Crohn's Diseaese and IBD . Click on them and become a member to post responses to them instantly.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Books
Books for people affected by Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
These are some of the books that I have found helpful in regards to managing IBD. All of these books (plus any other item that can be purchased through Amazon) can be purchased through the Crohn's Disease Store to help raise money to research a cure for IBD! Remember to ensure that a portion of your purchase is donated to the CCFCF, make your amazon purchases through the The Crohn's Disease Bookstore
What's Being discussed on Crohn's Forum
Some of the newest disucssion topics are...
These are links to some of the newest threads at The Crohn's Disease Forum relating to IBD and Crohn's Disease Treatment . Click on any of the links and become a member to share in the discussion instantly.
Some IBD-related clothing items
Finally you can proudly showcase your disease on your clothing! Some purchases donate money the CCFA
Some of my favourite IBD links
Check out some of these sites to learn more about Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Crohn's Disease Support and Information Forum
- This is the online community to meet others affected by IBD and share infromation and support
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada
- CCFC is Canada's national foundation for funding research to find a cure for IBD.
- Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
- The United States foundation for people affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- List of Internatiol IBD Associations
- Find the one for your country here!
- Wikipedia Entry For Crohn's Disease
- What the online encyclopedia has to say about Crohn's Disease.
IBD News
Some recent news about Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
What people are saying about Crohn's Disease
Here is a sampling about what some bloggers are talking about.
- Local resident leads Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's San Diego Chapter
- By Joe Tash More than one million Americans ? and thousands of San Diego County residents ? suffer from Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, two painful conditions that cause chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Travel to High Altitudes Tied to Crohn's, Colitis Flare-Ups
- This complications affected patients with either Crohn's disease (which typically involves the small intestine) or ulcerative colitis (which typically involves the large intestine and rectum), but the risk appears to be higher in those with Crohn's ...
- Psoriasis Boosts Crohn's Risk Four Fold
- Of note, the psoriasis patients were not at significantly increased risk for developing ulcerative colitis. This suggests that psoriasis may share fewer overlapping pathways with ulcerative colitis than it does with Crohn's disease, he continued.
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