Living With Ulcerative Colitis...When ulcerative colitis symptoms flare up, you may find yourself planning life around your disease. A flare can disrupt your plans and...
Ulcerative Colitis Research...Disease research includes basic research and clinical research. In ulcerative colitis, basic research is done to understand how genes, microorganisms, and the...
Long and Weary Road...My name is Vanessa. I was diagnosed with UC in 1990 after visiting my deployed husband in Singapore. 10 days after returning...reactions2comments
Take the Health Information Experience Survey...Staying informed is crucial when managing a chronic condition such as Crohn's disease, and the internet has made it significantly easier to...reactionscomments
15 Questions Every Patient With IBD Should Ask Their GI...One of the best things a patient can be armed with is knowledge. In my experience, the more that I understand about my...reactions9comments
Listeria...By May 2007, I had come across another flare up. I didn’t think much of it. It started off slow, but I...reactionscomments
Mariah Zebrowski Leach...Mariah is a writer and patient advocate who lives in Colorado with her husband and two young sons. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in...
My Crohn's Story...I was diagnosed with Crohns in 2006. I had issues off and on throughout my adult life and wrote it off as...reactions3comments
Stephanie Hughes...Stephanie was previously an advocate on InflammatoryBowelDisease.net. Stephanie is a writer and a mom and the voice behind The Stolen Colon. She...
Ulcerative Colitis In America 2016...The Ulcerative Colitis In America 2016 online survey was conducted to gather insights from over 1,100 individuals currently diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...reactionscomments
The Chronic Crohn's Life...Hi! My name is Patrick and I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease when I was in college at the age of 19...reactions2comments
Nicole's Crohn's Story...Hi my name is Nicole and I was diagnosed with Crohn's in 1996. After numerous tests and being very very sick we...reactions4comments
The Out-of-Body Patient Experience...There is something that happens to me often when I am hospitalized for a long time, I have a major surgery, or even...reactions1comment
Ulcerative Colitis Statistics...Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease in which the inner surface of the rectum and colon (part of...
Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis...Ulcerative colitis is diagnosed based on symptoms, physical exam, laboratory tests, and endoscopy. The first goal is to determine what disease is...
Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms...The hallmark symptom of ulcerative colitis is bloody diarrhea. Other common symptoms include abdominal pain, urgency, and the feeling of an incomplete...
Ulcerative Colitis Treatment...Ulcerative colitis is a condition of long-term (chronic) inflammation of the large intestine (colon). Symptoms of ulcerative colitis are rectal bleeding, diarrhea, and...
My life with crohns...Hi my name is Sarah I got diagnosed with crohns when I was 18 and just two days after I got diagnosed...reactions3comments
Too Much......After Christmas Day 2007, I found myself still in Temple Hospital. The surgeons came into my room to remove the staples from...reactions1comment
Disordered Eating and Body Issues with IBD...For an outsider who doesn't really know that much about Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, they might not understand how IBD impacts...reactions24comments
