Overview

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis causing chronic diarrhea, pain, bleeding and weight loss.

Symptoms

Symptoms vary by patient and may include pain, bloating, vomiting, bowel habit changes, bleeding, jaundice or weight loss.

Causes

Causes may include infection, inflammation, lifestyle factors, autoimmune disease, gallstones, metabolic disease or structural abnormalities.

Prevention

Long-term specialist follow-up and monitoring reduce complications.