Colitis and Crohn's: Understanding and Managing Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a set of inflammatory condition affecting colon and small intestine. There are two kinds of inflammatory bowel diseases - colitis and Crohn's disease. Crohn's disease can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus wherein colitis affects the colon and rectum. Common symptoms of Crohn's disease are abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever and weight loss. Common symptoms of colitis disease are abdominal pain, tenderness, loss of appetite, fati...