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What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
This is *NOT* a variant of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's. UC and
Crohn's disease are defined by the presence of inflammation in the intestine; there is no
inflammation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is also known as
Functional Bowel Syndrome (FBS), Functional Bowel Disease (FBD) or spastic colon . Older
terms for IBS are spastic or mucous colitis or even simply "colitis". These
terms are considered out-of-date; they are no longer used because they cause people to
confuse IBS with Ulcerative Colitis.
IBS is characterized by a variety of symptom patterns which include diarrhea,
constipation, alternating diarrhea/constipation and abdominal pain. Fever and/or bleeding
are NOT features of IBS.
IBS is much more common than Crohns disease or UC and many people with symptoms of IBS do
not seeks medical attention. Some patients with Crohns or UC can also have concurrent IBS.
What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)?
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is an umbrella term referring to two chronic
diseases that cause inflammation of the intestines: ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's
disease (CD). Though UC and CD are different diseases they do have features in common but
there are important distinctions also. Frequently, the symptoms caused by UC and CD are
similar.
Both diseases are chronic and most frequently have their onset in
early adult life. Some patients have alternating periods of relative health (remission)
alternating with periods of disease (relapse or flare), while other patients have
continuous symptoms from continued inflammation. Fortunately, as treatment has
improved the proportion of people with continued symptoms appears to be smaller.
The severity of the diseases varies widely between individuals. Some suffer only mild
symptoms, but others have severe and disabling symptoms. Some have a gradual onset of
symptoms, some develop them suddenly. About half of patients have mild symptoms, the other
half suffer frequent flare-ups.
Medical science has not yet discovered a cause or cure, but many medications are now
available to control symptoms with more on the horizon.
What is ulcerative colitis?
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory disease of the large
intestine, commonly called the colon. UC causes inflammation and ulceration of the inner
lining of the colon and rectum. This inner lining is called the mucosa. Crohn's
disease (CD) causes inflammation that extends into the deeper layers
of the intestinal wall.
The inflammation of UC is usually most severe in the rectal area with severity diminishing
(at a rate that varies from patient to patient) toward the cecum, where the large and
small intestine join. Significant
deviations from this pattern may be a clue to the physician to suspect Crohn's disease
rather than ulcerative colitis. Such deviations may include either "skip areas"
and/or "sparing of the rectum". Skip areas are patches of healthy tissue
separating segments of diseased tissue. They are often seen in Crohn's disease, but rarely
in ulcerative colitis. Inflammation of the rectum is called proctitis. Inflammation of the
sigmoid colon (located just above the rectum) is called sigmoiditis. Inflammation
involving the entire colon is termed pan-colitis.
The inflammation causes the colon to empty frequently resulting in diarrhea.
As the lining of the colon is destroyed ulcers form releasing mucus , pus and blood.
UC is relatively common in the western world and at least 250,000 in the United States
alone have the disease. It occurs most frequently in people ages 15 to 30 although
children and older people occasionally develope the disease.
About 50% of patients are free of symptoms at any given time but the vast majority suffer
at least one relapse in any 10 year period.
What is Crohn's disease?
Crohn's disease is an inflammatory process that can affect any portion of the digestive
tract, but is most commonly seen (roughly half of all cases) in the last part of the small
intestine otherwise called the terminal ileum and cecum. Altogether this area is also
known as the ileocecal region. Other cases may affect one or more of: the colon
only, the small bowel only (duodenum, jejunum and/or ileum), the anus, stomach or
esophagus. In contrast with UC, CD usually doesn't affect the rectum, but frequently
affects the anus instead.
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